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On Thu, Apr 26, 2012, at 08:07 AM, Cubcruiser wrote:
> 20 years ago when I was still a practicing Engineer I ran across a
> company that was making single board computers based on the 8051 using
> Chip on Board technology. All the support hardware was on the small board
> which I believe was about 2x3. This board was attached to your main board
> via a couple of rows of pins that plugged into connectors or were
> soldered in place. You the designed your main board with all the
> interface hardware you needed.=20
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> It seems like this would be a low cost way of designing a prototype
> system and then transition into a reasonable cost small production run of
> parts. I have started looking and I would guess that the Arduino and PIC
> development boards are a similar concept but from what I have seen they
> tend to have extras on board that I don't need and are priced
> accordingly.=20
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> I am going to design/build a run of about 30 motor controllers that will
> drive 30 amp (max) motors bidirectionally and will have a keypad and LCD
> display.=20
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> Any suggestions on a system that will allow me to prototype and then
> build a small run cost effectively?  I don't think that I will be able to
> build multi layer boards for the processors but could build one for the H
> Bridge and other interfaces.=20
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> Regards,
> Greg

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