> Hell I've not even graduated to motor spinner, I cant work out why I
> need to build a printer port breakout box, I mean what dark age is
> this that you need something even called a breakout box ?
>
> Why is none of these things USB with pics etc?
>
> The more I look at these plans and designs and online resources I keep
> getting a mental image of a cooter from dukes of hazard building one,
> with the soldering being done by Mr T.
Excellent point. (I got a good laugh from this). I suspect the reason these
things don't yet look like Fisher-Price toys is the market isn't big enough.
But give it time. Look at RC model aircraft. When I was a kid you had to
build your own planes. It was a hobby. Now they're built by Chinese slave
labor. Now you just buy-em and fly-em. Now they're toys. Desktop CNC is
still a hobby.
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Phil Mattison
http://www.ohmikron.com/Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software