Propeller Penguin?

Stan671

I love the Penguin, but have moved to the Propeller and really don't want to be developing for two processors right now.· So, I have two questions:

1. Parallax: Any plans for a Propeller-based Penguin?

2. Everybody else:· Has anyone converted a Penguin to use the Propeller?

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Stan Dobrowski

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Penguin???

A) The Bird : Umm, doesn't make sense

Linux : The propeller can't run linux

C) Tools : The propeller doesn't have linux tools

D) PS3 : I didn't follow this lead, but I suspect that the propeller is a different kind of beast

E) Robot : Like a variation on a boe-bot??

F) None of the above.

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Stan671

The answer is E.

http://www.parallax.com/Store/Robots/WalkingRobots/tabid/129/List/1/ProductID/435/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName



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Stan Dobrowski

Graham Stabler

Wow that thing is built like a brick out house!

It would seem to me you could create a protpboard backpack for it quite easily or a cut down one at least.

Graham

Paul Baker

To my knowledge we have no plans for creating a Propeller version, though Ken lamented late in the dev cycle that he should have used a Propeller. There were so many issues in the manufacturing process in getting the current version to work, the bar is pretty high for any revision to occur.

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Paul Baker
Propeller Applications Engineer

Parallax, Inc.

Dennis Ferron

Shame the Penguin doesn't use a socketed BS2; then you could have put a Spin Stamp on it.

Stan671

Thanks for the info, Paul.

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Stan Dobrowski