Society of Robots - Robot Forum
General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: badshot359 on December 15, 2007, 03:15:41 PM
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hey another cool project from Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/157a2ea4fc033110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/157a2ea4fc033110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html)
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I have already seen that I looked up the parts and it's more than $72.
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It claims it can be done in four hours . . . definitely deceptive . . . I'd say more like 15+ . . .
Still, its another way of putting a cheap/small computer power processor on your bot . . .
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i've done it in less than 2 hours. then again i had a relative with all the parts on hand already. the thing that took the longest was making a case for it.
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hey, i made one of those, loaded MAME on it and made it a awsome reto arcade machine with 100 or more games! ;D
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This looks good, it can be gifted for Christmas =D
Or as the post above, make arcade machines and rent 'em ;)
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oooooooo! I love Popsci! ;D I was subscribed a couple years ago and I think i'm going to renew it sometime soon, but yeah I saw that too very cool, I think it'll cost more than 72 dollars...
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i wanna make one... i read that recently and thaught "hey, look, 72$ high qual robot brains..."
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good idea maverick...*starting building GLaDos from Portal* who's secreting deadly nuerotoxins now!?! ;D
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How much power does such a thing draw?
Could it be powered with a relatively small battery?
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How much power does such a thing draw?
Could it be powered with a relatively small battery?
no.
specialist low power x86 PC motherboards start at around 10Watts before you add things like hard disks, etc.
these cost a lot of money.
if you intend to use an old 2nd hand motherboard then expect to burn 50Watts minimum with a small HDD and minimal memory.
a 2nd hand laptop is a far better low power option but expect one of those to still draw around 20Watts. (although the battery problem is already solved.)
dunk.
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How much power does such a thing draw?
Could it be powered with a relatively small battery?
no.
specialist low power x86 PC motherboards start at around 10Watts before you add things like hard disks, etc.
these cost a lot of money.
if you intend to use an old 2nd hand motherboard then expect to burn 50Watts minimum with a small HDD and minimal memory.
a 2nd hand laptop is a far better low power option but expect one of those to still draw around 20Watts. (although the battery problem is already solved.)
dunk.
You wouldn't necessarily need a HDD. You could use a usb stick memory. But as you said, one would probably get off much better with a laptop.