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$40 Activity Kit

ercoerco Posts: 20,257
edited 2014-03-03 23:30 in BASIC Stamp
New, free ship. Next best thing to a Radio Shack deal! :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallax-Inc-Basic-Stamp-and-Activity-Kit-/261298326409?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

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  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,187
    edited 2013-10-01 14:41
    erco wrote: »
    New, free ship. Next best thing to a Radio Shack deal! :)

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallax-Inc-Basic-Stamp-and-Activity-Kit-/261298326409?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

    Um, Erco that's the original HWB and with a DB9 serial connection plus the parts it traveled with.
  • GenetixGenetix Posts: 1,754
    edited 2013-10-01 16:42
    I can't tell whether it's the 2.2 or 3.0 version of WAM. For a while Parallax was selling the 3.0 version for $40 and the 2.2 version for $30.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2013-10-01 18:20
    Best price generally available now AFAIK, other than the $15 Activity kit I bought at the shack!

    Seller says new in sealed box, so it's not the $30 poly bag version anyway. Yep, Buck, you're prolly right, no USB adapter.
  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,187
    edited 2013-10-01 23:04
    erco wrote: »
    Best price generally available now AFAIK, other than the $15 Activity kit I bought at the shack!

    Seller says new in sealed box, so it's not the $30 poly bag version anyway. Yep, Buck, you're prolly right, no USB adapter.

    Right.
    I am always right..... Even when wrong.
  • Too_Many_ToolsToo_Many_Tools Posts: 765
    edited 2013-10-10 20:33
    Genetix wrote: »
    I can't tell whether it's the 2.2 or 3.0 version of WAM. For a while Parallax was selling the 3.0 version for $40 and the 2.2 version for $30.

    And the difference between the 2.2 and 3.0 version is?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2013-10-10 20:37
    Updated WAM book (What's a Microcontroller). V2.2 is still good, and the newer V3.0 is a free download.
  • John KauffmanJohn Kauffman Posts: 653
    edited 2014-03-03 16:08
    I think big change in ver 2 to 3 was changing from photoresistor to phototransitor. I think the former has a few atoms of gallium (?) in it which made it non Rohs & a tough sell to schools. Also there was a change in one capacitor.
  • pedwardpedward Posts: 1,642
    edited 2014-03-03 16:59
    Cadmium Sulfide, IIRC. CdS isn't ROHS compliant.
  • GenetixGenetix Posts: 1,754
    edited 2014-03-03 23:30
    WAM 3.0 uses an 850 nm PhotoTransistor (350-0029) and an additional 0.01 uF capacitor (200-01031)

    Chapter 5 on Servos has a better explanation on how to control a Servo's movement
    Chapter 7 on Light was completely rewritten for the PhotoTransistor
    Chapter 10 on System Integration was also rewritten
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