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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: KeithBR on May 06, 2013, 09:21:08 AM

Title: Free high-end Board for Robots
Post by: KeithBR on May 06, 2013, 09:21:08 AM

Hi all,

Wanted to let you know about the following opportunity to get a free dual-core Nvidia Tegra board. This is very nice hardware for robotics projects. You just have to register your project idea. Also they have a competition.

www.challenge.toradex.com (http://www.challenge.toradex.com)

Cheers,
Keith

Title: Re: Free high-end Board for Robots
Post by: jwatte on May 06, 2013, 01:31:30 PM

I went to that site, and found an important limitation: It's only open to students and enthusiasts affiliated with an educational institution.

Title: Re: Free high-end Board for Robots
Post by: KeithBR on May 07, 2013, 05:07:10 AM

it's not for companies / commercial. But for everyone else it shouldnt be that hard to state a relation to education or research.

Title: Re: Free high-end Board for Robots
Post by: jwatte on May 07, 2013, 03:59:15 PM

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it's not for companies / commercial. But for everyone else it shouldnt be that hard to state a relation to education or research.

I disagree. I do robotics as a hobby. I work at a company. I do not go to school anywhere, and haven't done so for over twenty years. Given that they want a photocopy of an educational ID, how are you suggesting I would state a relation to an educational institution? (Their rules say nothing about "research" outside the context of education.)