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From: piggy@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au (La Monte Yarroll)
Subject: Re: Single Board Computer Wanted
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gboersma@dutiag.tudelft.nl (G. Boersma) writes:

>Does anyone have any suggestions for a single board computer? 

I can HIGHLY recommend New Micros Inc's Drop Point SBC.  It is a
Forth-programmable 68HC11 board which steals its power from the RS-232
line you attach it to.  It gives you access to the 68HC11's A/D and
D/A ports, as well as all the other i/o channels.

>The only requirements are that it must be 
>(a) inexpensive, and 

I got mine for about US$70.

>(b) it must have a lot of development software available. It could
>either be a board that is connected through the IBM-PC bus, or a
>completely stand-alone system with its own power supply and software
>uploaded to it through a serial/parallel port. 

NMI sells other support software, but the Forth system on board is
very useable.

>It is intended as an educational tool to show students/give them a
>better idea of real-time issues and real-world interfacing.

You may also consider their slightly larger board (2"X4"), which
includes more memory.  Last I saw, the larger boards were as cheap as
the Drop Point models.

Here's their contact information:
New Micros, Inc.
1601 Chalk Hill Road
Dallas, Texas 75212
(214) 339-2204

>Thanks in advance.

>Gerald Boersma
>Delft Technical University
>The Netherlands





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