Good magazines ? etc
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Paul Verhage just wrote that his article for Circuit Cellar was moved to
January.
It made me wonder what magazine has on average, the most number of articles
that involve the use of Basic Stamps and maybe PICs in general?
At one point, I was subscribed to Nuts & Volts, Popular Electronics
(Poptronics?) and Circuit Cellar.
I don't know why I still get Poptronics, I guess because the Circuit Circus
section comes in handy sometimes.
Nuts & Volts... Well, they have some cool articles occasionally, and most of
them seem to be PIC related or sometimes Stamp. There seems to be an ever
increasing number of articles on HAM radio stuff, maybe it just seems that
way? Anyway, Ham radio doesn't interest me.
I stopped getting Circuit Cellar a couple of years ago. I think I did that
because most of the articles were "over-my-head" at the time.
Are there any magazines that tend to have a disproportionately high number
of articles involving the use of Basic Stamps or PICs?
"I enjoy following the links you guys leave in your messages, It's cool to
see what others are doing with these things! Has anyone thought of setting
up a Stamp Web-Ring?"
On a tangent; I am looking for a good books on the subjects of Artificial
Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Nets.... Basically what I want to start
thinking/reading about are current developments in this area. Particularly,
books that contain logic diagrams and maybe some programming examples in
whatever language. "No, I am not thinking of trying this with a stamp, I
have been known to do other programming!" I am not interested in Web search
results, I want opinions on books you have read or that you've heard good
things about.
Thanks In Advance
Chris
January.
It made me wonder what magazine has on average, the most number of articles
that involve the use of Basic Stamps and maybe PICs in general?
At one point, I was subscribed to Nuts & Volts, Popular Electronics
(Poptronics?) and Circuit Cellar.
I don't know why I still get Poptronics, I guess because the Circuit Circus
section comes in handy sometimes.
Nuts & Volts... Well, they have some cool articles occasionally, and most of
them seem to be PIC related or sometimes Stamp. There seems to be an ever
increasing number of articles on HAM radio stuff, maybe it just seems that
way? Anyway, Ham radio doesn't interest me.
I stopped getting Circuit Cellar a couple of years ago. I think I did that
because most of the articles were "over-my-head" at the time.
Are there any magazines that tend to have a disproportionately high number
of articles involving the use of Basic Stamps or PICs?
"I enjoy following the links you guys leave in your messages, It's cool to
see what others are doing with these things! Has anyone thought of setting
up a Stamp Web-Ring?"
On a tangent; I am looking for a good books on the subjects of Artificial
Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Nets.... Basically what I want to start
thinking/reading about are current developments in this area. Particularly,
books that contain logic diagrams and maybe some programming examples in
whatever language. "No, I am not thinking of trying this with a stamp, I
have been known to do other programming!" I am not interested in Web search
results, I want opinions on books you have read or that you've heard good
things about.
Thanks In Advance
Chris
Comments
parasida@r... writes:
> Nuts & Volts... Well, they have some cool articles occasionally, and most of
> them seem to be PIC related or sometimes Stamp.
There's no "sometimes" about it -- I write a monthly column (started by my
friend and Stamp-guru, Scott Edwards) for Nuts & Volts called "Stamp
Applications." The column generally gets favorable reviews and I hope that
if you have suggestions, you'll forward them to me so that I can keep things
interesting.
-- Jon Williams
-- Dallas, TX
Nuts & Volts is great, and honestly, the Stamp Applications section is
primary reason I get the magazine. My problem is, If I don't want to do the
project from your section, I have to wait another month for the next one.
"Winter is coming, and I need to find indoor stuff to do!" So if I can't
find a use for a stamp controlled ISD, I have to wait to see what you do
next month, or, get inspiration from this list, "I lost track of whose turn
it is to ask about circuit board making or how to get a servo to work!?"
phew... Anyway, do you know of any 'Additional' magazines that frequently
publish articles on Stamps and PICS?
I hope you're not offended, The ISD project will come in very handy in the
spring when I have a robot to put it in.
C-
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In a message dated 11/1/00 9:25:37 PM Central Standard Time,
parasida@r... writes:
> Nuts & Volts... Well, they have some cool articles occasionally, and most
of
> them seem to be PIC related or sometimes Stamp.
There's no "sometimes" about it -- I write a monthly column (started by my
friend and Stamp-guru, Scott Edwards) for Nuts & Volts called "Stamp
Applications." The column generally gets favorable reviews and I hope that
if you have suggestions, you'll forward them to me so that I can keep things
interesting.
-- Jon Williams
-- Dallas, TX
parasida@r... writes:
> Anyway, do you know of any 'Additional' magazines that frequently
> publish articles on Stamps and PICS?
Elecktor Electronics, a European magazine occassionally has Stamp articles,
but the magazine is hard to find and can be expensive. Don't forget that
Parallax has a few Stamp books available, all written by noted Stamp
programmers (Scott Edwards, Al Williams [noparse][[/noparse]no relation] and Matt Gilliland).
> I hope you're not offended, The ISD project will come in very handy in the
> spring when I have a robot to put it in.
A robot sounds like a great indoor project for the Winter...why wait until
Spring? ;-)
Another great source for ideas is the List of Stamp Applications (LOSA). You
won't always find full documentation, and yet, there's certainly something
useful that any Stamp programmer can benefit from.
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=stamp&list
>
> It made me wonder what magazine has on average, the most number of
> articles that involve the use of Basic Stamps and maybe PICs in general?
>
> Are there any magazines that tend to have a disproportionately high number of
> articles involving the use of Basic Stamps or PICs?
>
'Everyday Practical Electronics' out of the UK has lots of PIC articles and
projects. The local Barnes and Noble carries it.
>primary reason I get the magazine. My problem is, If I don't want to do the
>project from your section, I have to wait another month for the next one.
One of the great things about Stamps is that there are so very many
projects and ideas out there. Just be glad you're not using one of the more
obscure chips where ideas and help are much harder to come by!
If you want a lot of ideas to pick from, take a look at the books from Al
Williams, Scott Edwards, Claus Kuhnel, and Peter H. Anderson. See
www.amazon.com for details. Most of Peter Anderson's book is online here:
http://www.phanderson.com/stamp/tutorial.html
Then there's the List of Stamp Applications and Shaun's Basic Stamp pages.
(Parallax's site has links).
And if you haven't been reading Nuts & Volts for a long time, check out the
old Stamp columns here:
http://www.nutsvolts.com/stmpindx.htm
Jan Axelson
http://www.lvr.com
jan@l...
pre stamp days - I guess that chip is obscure in terms of ease of use - I
like the stamp area also but I also use the mag as a catalog
richard
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From: "Jan Axelson" <jan@l...>
To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:44 AM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] RE: Good magazines ? etc
>
> >Nuts & Volts is great, and honestly, the Stamp Applications section is
> >primary reason I get the magazine. My problem is, If I don't want to do
the
> >project from your section, I have to wait another month for the next one.
>
> One of the great things about Stamps is that there are so very many
> projects and ideas out there. Just be glad you're not using one of the
more
> obscure chips where ideas and help are much harder to come by!
>
> If you want a lot of ideas to pick from, take a look at the books from Al
> Williams, Scott Edwards, Claus Kuhnel, and Peter H. Anderson. See
> www.amazon.com for details. Most of Peter Anderson's book is online here:
>
> http://www.phanderson.com/stamp/tutorial.html
>
> Then there's the List of Stamp Applications and Shaun's Basic Stamp pages.
> (Parallax's site has links).
>
> And if you haven't been reading Nuts & Volts for a long time, check out
the
> old Stamp columns here:
>
> http://www.nutsvolts.com/stmpindx.htm
>
> Jan Axelson
> http://www.lvr.com
> jan@l...
>
>
>
>