--- In RoboBricks2@yahoogroups.com, Dave Curtis <dave@...> wrote:
>
> As some of you know, I've been working on a system similar
> to RoboBrick2 that uses the same connector but a different
> mechanical form factor and and talks CAN 2.0B over the bus.
>
> I've just completed check-out on rev 'A' of my basic power
> module. Since it has no processor and is a passive module,
> it is completely RoboBricks2 compatible, electrically.
> (Or so I believe.)
>
> Anyway, in addition to the power switch and 5V regulator
> that you would expect, it can be assembled with a remotely
> controlled latching relay instead of a switch. It also
> optionally provides CAN bus termination.
>
> I'll bring it to the Wednesday meeting if anyone is
> interested in seeing it. If there is interest I can
> kit some up. There is already a RoboBricks2 power
> module, of course, but I thought the latching relay
> functionality might be of interest.

I would like to see it at the meeting next Wednesday.

Dedicating a whole module to RoboBricks seemed like
overkill, so I squeezed it in on the Controller-28
board. Have some relays has always seemed like a good
idea.

-Wayne