Silent Walarus

Thanks, now i know where to start

However, how many motors can you control with a H-bridge setup? i'm looking to control the spin direction and on/off of of about 8 DC motors...

any suggestions as to how (if possible) to do this?

Of course. I read that the Netduino doesn't have the voltage to power most motors.

my questions are referring to controlling, as in start/stop and direction (spin clockwise/counterclockwise)

Thank you so much NooM and hanzibal!

The Sensor I am using will (hopefully) have nothing to do directly with the Netduino..... it's data and conntections etc will be processed by a program running on my computer (one that I make)

The Sensor is connected to my computer, not to the Netduino, via USB. The data stream probably can't be handled by the Netduino (not to mention they probably have diffrent update times)

So what I will be doing is have the program analyze the data, pick out an appropriate action, and then (here's my problem) send the command to do the action down that cable to the Netduino (end problem) the Netduino will then preform that action with the motors (learning that)

the specific question (i think you adressed) is what to put in this logic:

on computer app:

if (action1 == true)

{

//code for sending command to netduino (dont know)

 action1 = false;

}

on netduino:

if( // something to do with incoming signals indicating action1 (dont know) )

{

  preformMotorCode1 == true;

}

I think you adessed my question with the "code for serial talk" link..... but if after reading this you think of something diffrent please do tell

im a real newbie at this so thank you so much for the info!

Very impressive program!

so from what i understand, I need to get ahold of a USB-to-Analog-In-pins cabe (or your program) on the Netduino

(what i assume to be the only way to input data into the Netduino while its running)

So i have my application running on my computer, and when it wants to send a command to Netduino, It sends a signal to a pre-determined USB port,  which will transmit the signal to the Netduino, the Netduino will pick that up and preform the action (moving motors)

is this correct?

What I know how to do:

-code C# programs for Computer (XNA game stuido, some WPF)

-code simple C# programs for Netduino (netduinoapps)

What Im learning to do:

-code netduinoapps to control small servos

-using breadboards etc...

What I have no clue how to do:

-link up the computer and Netduino so that the program that's running on the computer can send commands to the program running on the netudino