jtpty4
02-02-2012, 04:52 AM
Hello forum,
I'm Jarrett and I have no idea how to program or even put these circuits together. I'm an undergraduate Chemical Engineer. My project is to build a system where I start and stop a motor (for a shoebox size car) through a color change in a chemical reaction. I recently purchased a Basic Stamp 2 micro controller module (BS2-IC) along with a ColorPAL. My idea was to make a program that would turn the motors on initially and when the ColorPAL sensed a certain color wavelength (after a certain time) it would shut off the motor. So all I really need is to have the program start, which says to allow voltage/current from my battery go to the motor, at the same time the ColorPAL starts reading colors from my chemical reaction. When the color in my reaction hits a certain color, it tells the module which is programmed to tell the motor to stop or stop allowing voltage/current to keep flowing to the motor. I have 3 weeks to complete the project.
Initial problem I have (besides having no clue about programming or building the project in general), is that I only bought the module and the ColorPAL with no starter kit. So I don't know how to connect the module to my computer.
I would appreciate any help I can get, otherwise I'll have to try and figure it out myself. I apologize for the messy explanation, I will gladly answer any question about that.
Jarrett
I'm Jarrett and I have no idea how to program or even put these circuits together. I'm an undergraduate Chemical Engineer. My project is to build a system where I start and stop a motor (for a shoebox size car) through a color change in a chemical reaction. I recently purchased a Basic Stamp 2 micro controller module (BS2-IC) along with a ColorPAL. My idea was to make a program that would turn the motors on initially and when the ColorPAL sensed a certain color wavelength (after a certain time) it would shut off the motor. So all I really need is to have the program start, which says to allow voltage/current from my battery go to the motor, at the same time the ColorPAL starts reading colors from my chemical reaction. When the color in my reaction hits a certain color, it tells the module which is programmed to tell the motor to stop or stop allowing voltage/current to keep flowing to the motor. I have 3 weeks to complete the project.
Initial problem I have (besides having no clue about programming or building the project in general), is that I only bought the module and the ColorPAL with no starter kit. So I don't know how to connect the module to my computer.
I would appreciate any help I can get, otherwise I'll have to try and figure it out myself. I apologize for the messy explanation, I will gladly answer any question about that.
Jarrett