Newbie Questions(me too !!!)06dec2000
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I have been having similar problems with my stamp and with all the
same possibilities/parameters attempted. Did you get a resolution?
I am about to send mine back and try anew one. Please help if you
can..Thank you :[noparse][[/noparse]--- In basicstamps@egroups.com, Roger Joys
<Roger.Joys@l...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just subscribed. I see that the current topics are quite a bit
more
> advanced than mine. This is for STAMP I.
>
> I just purchased a simple kit to build a small robot with my son
(11). The
> board design has been proven etc. When I put all the components etc
on, and
> turn on the power, I know the board has power because of a Power
LED. When I
> try to hook it up to my PC and download a program, I get a hardware
error on
> the PC side. On my laptop and desktop. The one thing I notice is
that with
> my laptop, the power led does not light up at all when then STAMP
program
> tries to download or in DOS mode. On the desktop, I see the power
LED go
> through 3 phases of lighting... very dim, dim and mildly bright. In
neither
> case does it emit the same levels of light that it does when the
power is
> on.
>
> I did my own soldering and really cannot discount anything except
that the
> resistors, capacitors, chips etc are in the right place.
>
> I attached the schematic for what it is worth.
>
> Any insights or help is really appreciated.
>
> -r
>
> <<Pica.jpg>>
>
>
> Roger E. Joys
> lucy.com
> 1634 SW Alder
> Portland, OR 97205
>
> Tel: (503) 222-7250 x161
> Fax: (503) 295-2510
>
> <mailto:Roger.Joys@l...>
> <http://www.lucy.com>
same possibilities/parameters attempted. Did you get a resolution?
I am about to send mine back and try anew one. Please help if you
can..Thank you :[noparse][[/noparse]--- In basicstamps@egroups.com, Roger Joys
<Roger.Joys@l...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just subscribed. I see that the current topics are quite a bit
more
> advanced than mine. This is for STAMP I.
>
> I just purchased a simple kit to build a small robot with my son
(11). The
> board design has been proven etc. When I put all the components etc
on, and
> turn on the power, I know the board has power because of a Power
LED. When I
> try to hook it up to my PC and download a program, I get a hardware
error on
> the PC side. On my laptop and desktop. The one thing I notice is
that with
> my laptop, the power led does not light up at all when then STAMP
program
> tries to download or in DOS mode. On the desktop, I see the power
LED go
> through 3 phases of lighting... very dim, dim and mildly bright. In
neither
> case does it emit the same levels of light that it does when the
power is
> on.
>
> I did my own soldering and really cannot discount anything except
that the
> resistors, capacitors, chips etc are in the right place.
>
> I attached the schematic for what it is worth.
>
> Any insights or help is really appreciated.
>
> -r
>
> <<Pica.jpg>>
>
>
> Roger E. Joys
> lucy.com
> 1634 SW Alder
> Portland, OR 97205
>
> Tel: (503) 222-7250 x161
> Fax: (503) 295-2510
>
> <mailto:Roger.Joys@l...>
> <http://www.lucy.com>