Monday March 06, 2006
Sun's surprising entry into the robotics market. Yippie! This morning's news is a dream come true for me: Sun Microsystems Laboratories Unveils Sun(TM) Small Programmable Object Technology. I have been enamored with the future of robotics for a few years now as can be seen on my blog about experimentation with Lego Mindstorms. I had chosen the Mindstorm as my platform since it was Macintosh compatable and it could be flashed with a Java programming environment called Lejos. Suddenly, as a complete surprise to me, Sun is providing a Java programmable board with these specs:
- 180 MHz 32 bit ARM920T core - 512K RAM/4M Flash
- 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio with integrated antenna
- USB interface
- 3.6V rechargeable 750 mAh lithium-ion battery
- 48 uA deep sleep mode
- 2G/6G 3-axis accelerometer
- Temperature sensor
- Light sensor
- 8 tri-color LEDs
- 6 analog inputs
- 2 momentary switches
- 5 general purpose I/O pins and 4 high current output pins
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