Differences between BOE-BOTs

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• Ken Gracey Posts: 7,386

  2005-08-20 13:49 edited 2005-08-20 13:49

  Price.
  
  Ken Gracey
  Parallax, Inc.
• Bean Posts: 8,129

  2005-08-21 02:45 edited 2005-08-21 02:45

  I think Ken wins the prize for shortest post. (Not counting his Sig).
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• doggiedoc Posts: 2,239

  2005-08-21 08:10 edited 2005-08-21 08:10

  Ken Gracey (Parallax) said...
  Price.
  
  ...

  
  And you get a freebie sensor from Parallax. So depending on the value of your freebie choice it comes out about the same.
• allanlane5 Posts: 3,815

  2005-08-22 14:19 edited 2005-08-22 14:19

  Nope, no difference at all. Radio Shack buys in bulk, then passes some of the savings on to you. Parallax is making new ones all the time -- from time to time, they have a clearance sale which is slightly better than RS.
• jeffrey morris Posts: 52

  2005-08-22 20:45 edited 2005-08-22 20:45

  I'm afraid that Radio Shack's BOE-BOT may have the Home Work Board instead of the BOE. I downloaded the "Robotics with the BOE-BOT V2.2" PDF file and it has circuit building instructions for both boards.
• Ken Gracey Posts: 7,386

  2005-08-22 21:20 edited 2005-08-22 21:20

  Jeffrey,
  
  No, the RadioShack Boe-Bot Full Kit includes the Board of Education. The book features both boards (HomeWork Board and the Board of Education) in case somebody who first bought a HomeWork Board wants to turn it into a Bot by purchasing only the Robotics Parts and Text Kit.
  
  No need to be skeptical. The RadioShack Boe-Bot is the same as ours.
  
  They do sell the "What's a Microcontroller" Kit which includes the HomeWork Board, but their Boe-Bot Full Kit includes the Board of Education.
  
  Ken Gracey
  Parallax, Inc.
• doggiedoc Posts: 2,239

  2005-08-23 00:14 edited 2005-08-23 00:14

  Ken Gracey (Parallax) said...
  Jeffrey,
  
  No, the RadioShack Boe-Bot Full Kit includes the Board of Education.
  
  
  No need to be skeptical. The RadioShack Boe-Bot is the same as ours.
  

  
  I can vouch for that. I have purchased a total of 3 Boe-Bot Kits in the last year from our local RadioShacks.
  
  They are the real deal.
• jeffrey morris Posts: 52

  2005-08-25 00:07 edited 2005-08-25 00:07

  I got the package from Radio Shack's online store and the kit has the BOE, not Home Work Board.