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FAQ
GoGo board FAQ
1. How do I get a GoGo board?
The GoGo board is a research project at the MIT Media
Laboratory. We don’t have them for sale. You need to make one yourself. All
the necessary board designs and code are available for free. See “Making a
GoGo Board.”
2. How much would a GoGo board cost?
If you order parts from
digikey.com and make the PCB
yourself, it should be around US$40 ($30 with out the output port chips). See
GoGo board 2.2 part list for
an example. If
you don’t have a PIC programmer, you can get one for $20 (once you have it,
you can program as many PICs as you want). If you make 25 and order the PCB
from a PCB manufacturing company (like APCircuits), it should cost $30 ($21-22
without the output port chips).
3. I don’t want to make the board. What should I do?
There are a couple products that similar to the GoGo
board. Here are a few linkes:
www.handyboard.com,
mindstorms.lego.com
4. Can I use the GoGo board with programming languages
other than the ones you have libraries for?
Yes, as long as that language can access the serial
port. However, you will have to study the GoGo board’s serial protocol.
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