Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-28 Thread Ian Smith
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:43:35 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:47:48 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: > > > > > > Well, there is devel/arduino. It's not emdedded Linux, but an IDE

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-25 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:47:48 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: > > Well, there is devel/arduino. It's not emdedded Linux, but an IDE for > writing and downloading code. The Arduino is a small embedded controller > bas

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-24 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:47:48 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: > > > I thought I saw something somewhere (maybe just wishful thinking) about > > FreeBSD on the Arduino, which normally runs a sort of embedded Linux, > > that could be very interesting; the

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-22 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Ian Smith wrote: I thought I saw something somewhere (maybe just wishful thinking) about FreeBSD on the Arduino, which normally runs a sort of embedded Linux, that could be very interesting; the hardware is cheap (kits at Jaycar stores in Australia anyway), very modular desi

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-21 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 420, Issue 10, Message: 17 On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:54:27 -0600 Modulok wrote: > Sorry for the off-topic post. There are a lot of technically adept people on > this list, so I thought I'd try my luck here: On recent volcanic form, this scarcely measures on the OT

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-21 Thread David Collins
I have one of these http://www.nerdkits.com/ They pack everything you need in and a few examples, quite neat but you need to do some electronics On 21/06/2012, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I want to get started programming for hardware. Motors, sensors, >> actuators, etc. >> I have a programming b

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I want to get started programming for hardware. Motors, sensors, actuators, etc. I have a programming background, (python, PHP, C++) but no experience with code that drives hardware. (Motors, sensors, etc.) add "--" to your language list so first 2 would disappear and third will become C. I

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-20 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-21 03:54, Modulok skrev: List, Sorry for the off-topic post. There are a lot of technically adept people on this list, so I thought I'd try my luck here: I want to get started programming for hardware. Motors, sensors, actuators, etc. I have a programming background, (python, PHP, C++)

Re: OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-20 Thread Edward M
On 06/20/2012 06:54 PM, Modulok wrote: Even general pointers to books/websites would be great. Once I know what it's called I can google much more effectively Mars rover is robotic/embedded. I am using this site myself. http://www.societyofrobots.com/

OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-20 Thread Modulok
List, Sorry for the off-topic post. There are a lot of technically adept people on this list, so I thought I'd try my luck here: I want to get started programming for hardware. Motors, sensors, actuators, etc. I have a programming background, (python, PHP, C++) but no experience with code that dr