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ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-04-10 01:15 in General Discussion
>It will definitely work in your INEX board (that's where mine lives)

Hi Jon,
I wonder which pin-out of the BS2p you will describe for your
upcoming N&V article? At the embedded systems conference, Chuck was
showing off both a 40 pin carrier with all 32 i/o's brought out to
pins, and another in the standard 24 pin carrier with 16 i/o's. (on
yellow circuit boards!) And there was yet another prototype on a 24
pin carrier that brought the extra 16 i/o's to a special fine-pitch
header on the end of the board. I just wonder how it will come out?
Having the extra 16 i/o's is sure an attractive possibility, but so
is compatibility with existing sockets.

> there is a new command that allows you to used EE in another program
> bank as storage and retrieval without actually having to switch
> programs. This will be great for datalogging apps


Or to store configuration data for a project in one bank, but access
it directly with reads and writes from any other bank. I can take
some credit for lobbying hard for that one!

best regards,
-- Tracy Allen
http://www.emesystems.com

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-04 21:30
    In a message dated 12/4/00 11:38:04 AM Central Standard Time,
    tracy@e... writes:

    > Hi Jon,
    > I wonder which pin-out of the BS2p you will describe for your
    > upcoming N&V article? At the embedded systems conference, Chuck was
    > showing off both a 40 pin carrier with all 32 i/o's brought out to
    > pins, and another in the standard 24 pin carrier with 16 i/o's. (on
    > yellow circuit boards!) And there was yet another prototype on a 24
    > pin carrier that brought the extra 16 i/o's to a special fine-pitch
    > header on the end of the board. I just wonder how it will come out?
    > Having the extra 16 i/o's is sure an attractive possibility, but so
    > is compatibility with existing sockets.

    My focus has been on the BS2p-24 (the auxiliary header on the BS2p-24 has
    gone away in production) for the compatibility reasons you suggested. I have
    a 40-pinner and use it from time-to-time. The real exciting stuff is the
    LCD, One-Wire and I2C stuff in both -- I love it.

    The BS2p is known around Parallax halls as "the golden Stamp" because of its
    unique color. Ken Gracey tells me that the BS2p will ship mid-to-late
    January. It really is the best new Stamp in a very long time.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-05 13:31
    >
    > My focus has been on the BS2p-24 (the auxiliary header on the BS2p-24 has
    > gone away in production) for the compatibility reasons you suggested. I
    > have a 40-pinner and use it from time-to-time. The real exciting stuff is the
    > LCD, One-Wire and I2C stuff in both -- I love it.
    >
    > The BS2p is known around Parallax halls as "the golden Stamp" because of
    > its unique color. Ken Gracey tells me that the BS2p will ship mid-to-late
    > January. It really is the best new Stamp in a very long time.
    >
    Does it use a PIC or a SCENIX CPU(or other)?
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-05 13:39
    [font=arial,helvetica]In a message dated 12/5/00 7:31:26 AM Central Standard Time,
    miked@technologist.com writes:

    >

    Does it use a PIC or a SCENIX CPU(or other)?



    Scenix SX48 -- the extra I/O pins allow the BS2p-40 to exist.



    [/font]
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-05 15:32
    At 08:31 AM Tuesday 12/5/2000 -0500, you wrote:
    > >
    > > My focus has been on the BS2p-24 (the auxiliary header on the BS2p-24 has
    > > gone away in production) for the compatibility reasons you suggested. I
    > > have a 40-pinner and use it from time-to-time. The real exciting stuff
    > is the
    > > LCD, One-Wire and I2C stuff in both -- I love it.
    > >
    > > The BS2p is known around Parallax halls as "the golden Stamp" because of
    > > its unique color. Ken Gracey tells me that the BS2p will ship mid-to-late
    > > January. It really is the best new Stamp in a very long time.
    > >
    >Does it use a PIC or a SCENIX CPU(or other)?

    Mike -

    The BS-2SX + (aka BS2SXp-24 uses a Scenix processor as well.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-02-06 04:43
    Has anyone gotten a BS2P yet? I need a review of it on GoRobotics.net. Hey!
    You get 3 entries to win a signed copy of Robot Builder's Bonanza
    (http://www.gorobotics.net/bookcontest.shtml).
    -William
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-02-16 07:51
    Does anyone know when this thing's going to appear?

    I have several PCB's I need to get laid down and I really want to use
    the latest and greatest stamp.

    Does anyone have a definitive pin-out for the 40 pin unit yet?

    cheers

    Jon
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-02-19 04:53
    >Does anyone know when this thing's going to appear?
    >
    >I have several PCB's I need to get laid down and I really want to use
    >the latest and greatest stamp.
    >
    >Does anyone have a definitive pin-out for the 40 pin unit yet?


    Download the manual version 2.0 from the Parallax web site and you
    will find the layout on p.18 in the .pdf file (p/16 in print). The
    mainio is on pins 5--20, and auxio is on pins 21--36. I don't know
    when they will start shipping in earnest.

    >cheers
    >
    >Jon


    likewise,
    -- Tracy
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-15 23:45
    Anyone using one yet? Have you used with an LCD?
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 02:40
    Rodent

    I have been using a BS2P with a 40 x 2 LCD to control the front end of a PC
    type radio and have had no problems whatsoever! This is a fantasic device.

    Leland


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 02:45
    I have been using with my BS2P two devices, The TRM-25L sold by
    Seetron and the LCD+ sold by netmedia. Both work just fine.

    Albert Catano


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 02:52
    The BS2p has routines built-in for direct access to LCDs. I'm a big fan of
    serial LCDs (especially from my pal, Scott Edwards), but if you have the
    pins, you can connect an LCD directly to the BS2p. You can download code
    samples from Parallax.

    http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/products/BS_Accessories/plus_pack.asp

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Dallas, TX


    In a message dated 11/15/01 8:46:45 PM Central Standard Time,
    acatano2002@y... writes:


    > I have been using with my BS2P two devices, The TRM-25L sold by
    >




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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 03:21
    Cool. I bought an RC van to hack and I thought I could take out the sunroof
    and install a 4 x 20 LCD. Been dying to try a BS2P and didn't want to mess
    with a serial LCD or write code for a BS1 or BS2.

    Original Message

    > I have been using a BS2P with a 40 x 2 LCD to control the front end of a
    PC
    > type radio and have had no problems whatsoever! This is a fantasic device.

    > > Anyone using one yet? Have you used with an LCD?
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 03:24
    Timing-wise, is it faster to service the serial LCD or the parallel unit?

    I found it annoying on the mini sumo that the servos got bogged down while
    reading the Sharp digital ranger and figured a serial LCD would be similar.


    Original Message


    > The BS2p has routines built-in for direct access to LCDs. I'm a big fan
    of
    > serial LCDs (especially from my pal, Scott Edwards), but if you have the
    > pins, you can connect an LCD directly to the BS2p. You can download code
    > samples from Parallax.
    >
    >
    http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/products/BS_Accessories/plus_pack.asp
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 03:36
    The BS2p is three times faster than a BS2 and by using the direct LCD
    routines you bypass the delay incurred by sending the data serially and then
    having to parse it out in the LCD controller.

    -- Jon Williams


    In a message dated 11/15/01 9:28:44 PM Central Standard Time,
    daweasel@s... writes:


    > Timing-wise, is it faster to service the serial LCD or the parallel unit?
    >
    > I found it annoying on the mini sumo that the servos got bogged down while
    >




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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 14:43
    I've sent the BS-2P up to 44,000 feet and plan to send itup to
    90,000 feet this weekend. The extra large scratch pad RAM is a
    blessing.

    Paul
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-16 14:55
    If you need more RAM there are several IC2 chips available -- the PCF8583
    will give you a nice RTC plus about 256 bytes of RAM and is very easy to use.
    You can see how I use it in my December Nuts & Volts column (the project is
    a simple BS2p-based security system).

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Dallas, TX


    In a message dated 11/16/01 8:52:02 AM Central Standard Time,
    verhap@o... writes:


    > I've sent the BS-2P up to 44,000 feet and plan to send itup to
    > 90,000 feet this weekend. The extra large scratch pad RAM is a
    >




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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-04-10 01:15
    I am new to the group and very excited about running experiments with
    the BSp24 Demo Board.

    Where can I buy a box/case to protect the board while I am using
    it? Seems like I shuld be able to mount the board.

    Thanks!

    patrickbss
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