In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, AtomicZombie wrote:

Hey, thanks for your support! Didn't want to come in here and start honkin' my own horn about the book, but I'm glad you liked it, and hope to see your completed robot. I seen another unit using snowblower tracks and it did turn out to be a very rugged unit indeed. 2 - 130 rpm wheelchair motors, and a pair of simple 30 amp fet controllers.

I think Parallax has done a great job on this forum, and the support is just great - looks like my PIC drawer is soon to be filled with SX28's instead. I am totally into software video generation, and hope to contribute to the wealth of great information already in this forum.

I have a copy of SXWIZ coming to me soon as well, and hope to give that a whirl - anyone here using it yet?

Cheers,
Brad



[quote="Ken Gracey (Parallax)"]
Hi Brad,

I have your "All Terrain Robot" book. Just finished reading through it the last couple of evenings. My next robotic project is a similar tracked robot, designed for over-the-snow travel. A Honda gas engine is going to be coupled to a hydraulic motor, a few proportional/directional valves for hydrostatic steering (plus all the other stuff such as a tank, heat exchanger, etc). At the moment I'm sorting out the options for tracks, and leaning towards building my own instead of using snowmobile tracks. I'll be using some of the ideas in your book, but this time I want to take the step to welding aluminum instead of steel. I do everything very slowly, so this project will take me two years. 

I can appreciate the Chop This book as well, having built a custom 13' unicycle for myself. Now that I have kids I can't ride it anymore, but selling it on eBay scares me even more due to liability. 

Welcome to the forums and I'm glad you're now part of our action (and that we're part of your action!). 

Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.
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