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PattPatt Posts: 5
edited 2010-12-11 14:30 in General Discussion
How does the programing compare for a BOE bot and a LEGO NXT robot? I used the NXT programs at a summer program and found it very, usefull? I geuss? How does your program compare?
@Patt

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2010-12-11 11:46
    It's not very useful or meaningful to compare something like a LEGO NXT robot and a BoeBot from a programming standpoint. It depends on what you're trying to do with the robot, what previous (if any) programming experience you have, and the quality of the teaching and the exercises and projects done with the robots. Each programming language has its advantages and disadvantages depending on what you want to do with it and what you already know.
  • PattPatt Posts: 5
    edited 2010-12-11 11:53
    programing meaning the icons on the screen you string together to make the program/command.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2010-12-11 12:28
    The BoeBot doesn't use icons for programming. The Scribbler does have something like that for its programming and you can download the manual from the Parallax webstore page for the Scribbler to look at. The Propeller (which is used in the Scribbler II) does have a graphics programming system called 12Blocks. 12Blocks isn't free, but it's inexpensive and very well done. Do a web search for it and look at the website and documentation.

    The BoeBot uses Parallax Basic for its programming. You can download the tutorial called "What's a Microcontroller?" for an introduction to it. Go to the main Parallax webpage and click on the Downloads button. On the page you get, click on the Stamps in class tutorials button. The Stamp Documentation button also has the "Basic Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual" which will show you the details on Parallax Basic.
  • PattPatt Posts: 5
    edited 2010-12-11 12:41
    just asking, whats a stamp? tell me right here please.
    @Patt
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2010-12-11 14:30
    just asking, whats a stamp? tell me right here please. It's the microcontroller that you program on the BOE-BOT.
    @Patt
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