As many of you know, I have a robot project. http://www.linuxpcrobot.org/
Over the years I have tried to keep the robot as a viable platform and maintain development costs to the sub $500 range. The Raspberry PI is a weak desktop, to be honest. It lacks most of the I/O goodness of the Arduino. It is a poor choice for a robot. Unless..... What about a functional cluster of PI systems on the robot? Tied together with an ethernet switch? Use something like MPI for distributed processing across multiple PI devices, and use each PI as a specialized I/O module. Right now, I use an Intel Atom CPU to do everything and it is loaded with all the cameras and controls. 3 or 4 PIs may be able to handle the load better. Given the cost of a DC ATX power supply, mother board, and RAM, I may be able to get 3 or 4 PI systems running. Any comments? _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
