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Hi All,

I just got back from Madrid where I made a new Amigo - Tio Gil ...

Gil is a talented field applications engineer who works for the Cypress Rep in Spain: Sensetronics.

Gil has built a PSoC 3 powered bot he calls "The Monster" or "El Bicho"

You can see it in action here

Enjoy!

C. U. Around

I attended the FIRST Robotics supplier summit in Manchester New Hampshire.  It is where the suppliers meet to discuss how the contest can be improved for 2011. Here are some pictures of the event.

CY8CKIT-FTK - PSoC3 First Touch Kit (FTK) used in the control module of the robot

The FTK is installed in one of the control modules

Another Control Module

"Dean's Award" Student Panel giving Suppliers Feedback on what was good and bad about the various modules

Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST speaks at the supplier summit.

Next trip is to NI Week in Austin Texas - until then

C. U. Around

Get it here!

www.lulu.com/product/paperback/first-five-psoc-3-designs---color/11170899

I attended the FIRST Robotics Finals in Atlanta last week. Amazing robots built by High School students in just 6 weeks or so. You can find out more about this at the FRC web site. Meantime here are some pictures.

The Cypress table just before the second day's exhibit opened.

FIRST Founder (and SEGWAY Scooter inventor) Dean Kamen speaking at the finals.

Beverly Hills High entry 1515. They controlled the robot with a touch screen and integrated the PSoC 3 FTK into the control module.

Those kids from 90210 are a lot smarter than they looked on TV!

One of six playing fields. The robots are ready to rock and roll!

The Emcee introduces the teams while standing on his head!

Next year the finals are in St. Louis - maybe I'll see you there.

Until then,

C. U. Around