In my first
contribution about SunSPOT I forgot to describe what it is and what can you do
with it. SPOT is abbreviation of SMALL PROGRAMMABLE OBJECT TECHNOLOGY.
With
SunSPOT you can build an autonomous robot, experiment with wireless routing
protocols, or create just about any radio-controlled sensor device you can
imagine! SunSPOT was developed in Sun
Microsystems Laboratories, this Java-based platform greatly simplifies
development and experimentation with small wireless devices, and it’s open to
development community. Architecture is on the picture. Sensors on the board are
3-axis accelerometer, light and temperature sensors, eight 3-colors LEDS, 2 momentary
switches, 6, analog inputs, 5 GPIO pins and 4 high current output pins and ADC.
All this
makes from SunSPOT quite powerful device 
.
It's good to see work on robots coming back to the original home of the word, in the Czech Republic ;^)
Posted by Robin Wilton on January 16, 2008 at 02:18 PM CET #
:) that's completely true
Posted by Miroslav Kopecky - Blog owner on January 16, 2008 at 03:09 PM CET #