Dan Michaels wrote:

> Well, we "do" try to be all things to all people - even though some
> always want more and more and more ;-).
>
> I've been fiddling up schemes related to how many sensors and effectors
> you can put on this sucker, and it's more than comes on the $600 Rug
> Warrior and tons more than the Parallax "Grow"-bot [only 16 I/O pins
> total] - plus because of the built-in driver/servo channels, it
> would appear that the PIC-o-Botboard will require less "external"
> circuitry to gain the same functionality.
>
> BTW, I fiddled some more with the input layout, dropped out 1 of the
> opamps and made a 8x11 hole proto area, which allows more versatility
> in what you connect to RA2/5 and RE0/1/2. The original scheme was a
> bit rigid. The proto area can take a 2nd opamp, if you want it.
>
> New info/pics:  http://www.oricomtech.com/bot40.htm


Dan, I think many people overlooked praising the thing
in their rush to critique it for you. It really is a nice
powerful board, and there are many times I have built
stuff the hard way using veroboard when I could have
used your botboard. It's cool. :o)
-Roman

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