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Is Javelin Stamp or Basic Stamp better in programming robots?

StereoPonyzStereoPonyz Posts: 82
edited 2009-09-23 07:11 in General Discussion
Hi, i am about to start a project on mobile robot building. I am unsure which modules are more suitable.

The objective of my project is to make the robots (3 to be precise) to move in a formation, for instance the 3 robots will move in a cricle whereby the robots remain in a triangle formation.

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  • Peter VerkaikPeter Verkaik Posts: 3,956
    edited 2009-09-21 15:46
    The javelin offers more ram (and thus variables) than a basic stamp (32kByte ram versus 26 bytes ram)
    and it provides background tasks like serial receive and transmit. So I'd say the javelin is better suited.
    There is an updated manual providing theory and code to program a Boe-Bot.
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=829542

    regards peter
  • StereoPonyzStereoPonyz Posts: 82
    edited 2009-09-23 05:42
    Thanks.. i was actually looking at BS2sx module, its RAM size is 32 bytes and EEPROM 8x2kbytes. While javelin stamp has got 32788 bytes for both RAM and EEPROM.

    Can i asked if program codes are stored in the EEPROM or RAM? cos i am new in robot building i wish to get a module with a large memory size so i wont be hinder by memory problem in future. Do u have recommendation on which a module with large memory size that·i can get?

    Post Edited (StereoPonyz) : 9/23/2009 5:51:18 AM GMT
  • Peter VerkaikPeter Verkaik Posts: 3,956
    edited 2009-09-23 07:11
    Program codes are stored in eeprom. The basic stamp reads the program codes from eeprom
    to execute the program. The javelin upon reset copies the eeprom to its 32kB ram
    and reads program codes from ram to execute the program.
    The javelin has much more space than basic stamp.

    regards peter
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