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Re: Uses for wearables (excuses for the wife)

From: Mark Willis <>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:33:11 -0700

Timothy Gray wrote:
> 
> A good use for the LOCUST ir system here eh?
> Broadcast "I found a sale on wheaties" to the other wearables in the asile.
> Actually this would be a great use, if the stores would leave things where
> they are the mapping would work to an extent if you could recieve GPS data
> inside or had a gyro compass and a footstep measurment drvice.
> 
> So Makr, do we need to add a Barcode scanner to the Keydler now? <EG>

  Stuff a 17C765A processor, a couple megs of DRam, an IDE Laptop HD
interface, and a couple Atmel AT45D081 Flash (1 Mb Flash) on all that
spare space on the Keydler's PC Board, Tim;  It's only a TQFP64 package,
after all.  I'll let you write the code for the laser scanner, since you
want it.  You might need to add a battery for the laser scanner (could
be a few NiMH's - and solar cells to recharge them?) - and I can spare a
whole 1 pin off the 16C66 for the Barcode Scanner interface, of the 5
free, I figure <VBEG>  Actually, why don't you put a CCD camera on
there;  less power usage, could run it off the keyboard power that way,
probably!  I'm sure I can help with the barcode reading algorithm, have
a good barcodes book lost somewhere in storage from when I worked at
Intermec <G>

  If we require the ADXL202 be installed for this feature, you can do
inertial nav using it in the 17C765A processor, Tim;  I could then give
you a couple more I/O pins as I won't have to reserve any for the
tilt/mouse functionality, and you can easily do the low-pass filtering
in the 17C765A.  You shouldn't have too hard a time adding in WWV time
receiving, and GPS functionality;  I'll let you figure out the frivolous
mag heading sensor <G>

  Then once that's done, we can install a hacked version of it as an
autopilot on Robin's wheelchair <VBG>

  Mark, , "Mark the Cruel" in this context! <G>

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