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does the propeller chip work with the board of education?

maggiemaggie Posts: 11
edited 2012-12-16 08:18 in Propeller 1
I'm in to process of learning spin coding to control an ROV.

the type of chip i have is a propeller -44 but its attached to a bigger chip with he same pin configuration as a basic stamp.

would i be able test it like a basic stamp using the "board of education"?

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-12-16 08:18
    Are you talking about a "Spin Stamp"? If so, you can plug that into the Stamp socket on a Board of Education and it will work there with the following exceptions:
    1) You can't program the Spin Stamp through the usual serial port or USB port on the Board of Education. You have to use a PropClip or PropPlug or equivalent circuitry. This is all described in the Spin Stamp Documentation.
    2) The Spin Stamp uses 3.3V logic levels as opposed to the 5V logic levels of the Basic Stamps. You have to adjust resistor values and sometimes add resistors in series with I/O pins to protect the Spin Stamp's I/O pins from the 5V of some sensors. This issue is true of all Propeller circuits and there's lots of information on it in one of the permanent "sticky threads" in this forum (here).
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