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Wed, 02 Jan 2008
Switching SRV-1 production over to combo radio/motor control board
As mentioned a few weeks ago, we redesigned the radio and motor control boards to combine functions of WLAN radio, motor control and laser drivers onto a single circuit board. The result is reduction of the overall SRV-1 height by almost 5/8" (16mm) and greatly simplified robot assembly.
The new combo board does not provide the Zigbee socket or back-emf circuit, but does add support for the 2nd Matchport UART. We plan to offer the original radio and motor boards as an option if we get many requests, and we will also consider requests from SRV-1 Blackfin robot owners who want to switch to the new combo board configuration. Schematics for the original boards are still posted on the SRV-1 Blackfin download page, but starting today (January 2, 2008), SRV-1 robots will be shipping with the new configuration.
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