Reality Hits Home
This whole process is like an Atichoke. Layers and Layers. The more I read, the more I find out I do not know. When I asked for help on a Basic Program, I did not mean: Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. You guys thought I was asking for a program written in basic. I do not care if it is written in SPIN, FemtoBasic, ASM or whatever. What I was trying to ask for was a "SIMPLE" Program that would run the BoeBot for not bumping into things and do something instead of just sitting there. A long time ago, I wrote code in Basic and DbaseII language. I enjoyed programming. But, the way I learned was to start with a program that was already written and tear it apart and analyze it and then change it and see what happens, etc. This was a painstaking process. But it did work. I saw videos of the boebot rolling around looking with it's ping accessories and not going off of the table. It did not bump into things but saw them and went around them. I call this Ameoba locamotion like a one cell animal. Ok, are you with me so far? I was going to order the complete kit, but it was out of stock. So I simply ordered the boebot base kit and I found out that the propeller has 8 cores. I wanted to do a lot of things, so I simply ordered the protoboard. I asked the tech support people to tell me all that I would need to get started. I figured that I would add a sensor here and there and an attachment here and there and I would add code as was needed to do the job until I had a very smart and intelligent robot with abilities to remember and learn from it's mistakes and even generalize. I could not wait to get started. Now, I can't find the BASIC (remember that I mean SIMPLE) code to just simply navigate and use the ping system for seeing. I was told that there are over 90,000 boebots out there. SOMEONE MUST have the code. But what I have now is a torn apart robot being able to feed it only one object at a time for testing.
I realize now, instead of taking hours or days, this may take me several more years!!!! I am depressed. Sorry. :-(
I want to thank you guys. You have been very supportive. But, I feel so ignorant about this subject. I am a computer technician, but I do not know EVERYTHING about Engineering. It is frustrating. But, I am NOT going to give up. I will get this sucker working if it is the last thing I do. I was just expecting for it to take a short period of time.
I think Parallax is a Great company with wonderful people. Sorry to be so word dy.
I realize now, instead of taking hours or days, this may take me several more years!!!! I am depressed. Sorry. :-(
I want to thank you guys. You have been very supportive. But, I feel so ignorant about this subject. I am a computer technician, but I do not know EVERYTHING about Engineering. It is frustrating. But, I am NOT going to give up. I will get this sucker working if it is the last thing I do. I was just expecting for it to take a short period of time.
I think Parallax is a Great company with wonderful people. Sorry to be so word dy.
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I've been active in these forums for almost two years and I still feel like I'm just
scratching the surface of what this chip can do.
All I can advise is to slow down and enjoy the journey. Now that you know it
won't be all learned in the next week/month/year, enjoy the trip. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
I'm still having a blast...
OBC
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New to the Propeller?
Getting started with a Propeller Protoboard?
Check out: Introduction to the Proboard & Propeller Cookbook 1.4
Updates to the Cookbook are now posted to: Propeller.warrantyvoid.us
Got an SD card connected? - PropDOS
available from www.robotshop.ca/home/products/robot-books/magazines-en/robot-magazine-spring-2008.html
and other places I am sure.
also look at www.botmag.com/issue10/
one article in that issue is "Project: Propeller-Equipped Boe-Bot – Peter DellMastro"
Perry
Post Edited (Perry) : 8/13/2008 2:15:59 PM GMT
As you all know development continues both on the Propeller and the development tools. It is our sincerest hope to provide more application examples and objects in both SPIN and Assembly in the near future.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
http://www.botmag.com/issue10/Propeller%20Code.zip
The main program is My6thTest.spin . Hopefully this will provide a launch platform for you.
Good luck.
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