All,
I have a general question regarding the suitability for using QNX as the OS
for small autonomous robot. This main goal for this project is to be a self
learning exercise on QNX. I am planning on using the NC version (low
budget). In short here is an overview of what I want to do:
Hardware is a Winsystem PPM520 (SBC, Pentium 133Mhz) with 32MB RAM, 32MB
Disk On Chip.
Wireless network (802.11B) via PCMIA adaptor
Interface to a “Robot I/O” PC-104 board. (I know I can do this part) to
handle the low level I/O aspects of the robot (PWM, Pulse measurement, etc)
Can I using the NC version create required boot image for the DOC and the
trimmed down requirements (to fit on the 32 MB DOC) from the full install.
I just read from another post that the “embedding tools” were removed from
the NC version. By embedding tools, I took that to mean the tools create
something that will boot from a DOC, etc.
All,
I have a general question regarding the suitability for using QNX as the OS
for small autonomous robot. This main goal for this project is to be a self
learning exercise on QNX. I am planning on using the NC version (low
budget). In short here is an overview of what I want to do:
Hardware is a Winsystem PPM520 (SBC, Pentium 133Mhz) with 32MB RAM, 32MB
Disk On Chip.
Wireless network (802.11B) via PCMIA adaptor
Interface to a “Robot I/O” PC-104 board. (I know I can do this part) to
handle the low level I/O aspects of the robot (PWM, Pulse measurement, etc)
Can I using the NC version create required boot image for the DOC and the
trimmed down requirements (to fit on the 32 MB DOC) from the full install.
I just read from another post that the “embedding tools” were removed from
the NC version. By embedding tools, I took that to mean the tools create
something that will boot from a DOC, etc.
Frank,
Where would I find QNX version 6.1? I just looked on QNX web site
(http://www.qnx.com/developer/download/updates/) I could find the current
download of v6.2.1. Any help would be appreciated.
well, that’s true for the latest version (QNX 6.2.1) but you can
always use the old QNX 6.1, which has everything you need.
JHLEBASKO@indy.rr.com > wrote:
All,
I have a general question regarding the suitability for using QNX as the
OS
for small autonomous robot. This main goal for this project is to be a
self
learning exercise on QNX. I am planning on using the NC version (low
budget). In short here is an overview of what I want to do:
Hardware is a Winsystem PPM520 (SBC, Pentium 133Mhz) with 32MB RAM,
32MB
Disk On Chip.
Wireless network (802.11B) via PCMIA adaptor
Interface to a “Robot I/O” PC-104 board. (I know I can do this part)
to
handle the low level I/O aspects of the robot (PWM, Pulse measurement,
etc)
Can I using the NC version create required boot image for the DOC and
the
trimmed down requirements (to fit on the 32 MB DOC) from the full
install.
I just read from another post that the “embedding tools” were removed
from
the NC version. By embedding tools, I took that to mean the tools create
something that will boot from a DOC, etc.
Frank,
Where would I find QNX version 6.1? I just looked on QNX web site
(> http://www.qnx.com/developer/download/updates/> ) I could find the current
download of v6.2.1. Any help would be appreciated.
“Frank Liu” <> fliu@mail.vipstage.com> > wrote in message
news:c04aa9$o86$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
well, that’s true for the latest version (QNX 6.2.1) but you can
always use the old QNX 6.1, which has everything you need.
JHLEBASKO@indy.rr.com > wrote:
All,
I have a general question regarding the suitability for using QNX as the
OS
for small autonomous robot. This main goal for this project is to be a
self
learning exercise on QNX. I am planning on using the NC version (low
budget). In short here is an overview of what I want to do:
Hardware is a Winsystem PPM520 (SBC, Pentium 133Mhz) with 32MB RAM,
32MB
Disk On Chip.
Wireless network (802.11B) via PCMIA adaptor
Interface to a “Robot I/O” PC-104 board. (I know I can do this part)
to
handle the low level I/O aspects of the robot (PWM, Pulse measurement,
etc)
Can I using the NC version create required boot image for the DOC and
the
trimmed down requirements (to fit on the 32 MB DOC) from the full
install.
I just read from another post that the “embedding tools” were removed
from
the NC version. By embedding tools, I took that to mean the tools create
something that will boot from a DOC, etc.
Frank,
What’s the difference between v6.1 and v6.2.1? In the OpenQNX download
section, I have versions 6.1 and 6.2 and 6.2.1, is there a release notes
document somewhere that describes what changed, what was removed, etc?
There is lot of small things that changed and 2 major things - 6.2 has
removed everything but x86 and ARM from free download and moved to new libc
(Dinkum).
Frank,
What’s the difference between v6.1 and v6.2.1? In the OpenQNX download
section, I have versions 6.1 and 6.2 and 6.2.1, is there a release notes
document somewhere that describes what changed, what was removed, etc?