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

2012-06-25 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?

2012-06-25 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 based

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

2012-06-22 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 420, Issue 10, Message: 17 On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:54:27 -0600 Modulok modu...@gmail.com 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

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

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

2012-06-21 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?

2012-06-21 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 woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: I want to get started programming for hardware. Motors, sensors, actuators,

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

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/

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++)