That's all very expensive considering the cpu's are under $1 i'd guess. I actually might need some of this stuff some months from now to build some robots.
On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Nathan Moore wrote: > I think something like the Raspberry Pi might be easier for this sort > of task. They'll also be about $25, but they'll run something like > ARM/linux. Not out yet thought. > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/ > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Prentice Bisbal > <prent...@ias.edu> wrote: >> On 01/11/2012 11:18 AM, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: >>> >>> For educational purposes.. >>> >>> Has anyone done something where they implement some sort of message >>> passing API on a network of Arduinos. Since they cost only $20 >>> each, >>> and have a fairly facile development environment, it seems you could >>> put together a simple demonstration of parallel processing and >>> various >>> message passing things. >>> >>> For instance, you could introduce errors in the message links and do >>> experiments with Byzantine General type algorithms, or with multiple >>> parallel routes, etc. >>> >>> I've not actually tried hooking up multiple arduinos through a >>> USB hub >>> to one PC, but if that works, it gives you a nice "head node, debug >>> console" sort of interface. >>> >>> Smaller, lighter, cheaper than lashing together MiniITX mobos or >>> building a Wal-Mart Cluster. >>> >> >> I started tinkering with Arduinos a couple of months ago. Got lots of >> related goodies for Christmas, so I've been looking like a mad >> scientist >> building arduino things lately. I'm still a beginner arduino >> hacker, but >> I'd be game for giving this a try, if anyone else wants to give >> this a go. >> >> The Arduino Due, which is overdue in the marketplace, will have a >> Cortex-M3 ARM processor. >> >> -- >> Prentice >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >> Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Nathan Moore > Associate Professor, Physics > Winona State University > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
