BS2 Application Question

Archiver

On 9 Feb 01 at 8:06, Tracy Young wrote:

> ...So, this is my question: how can I determine if the 500 lines
> of code of the BS2 will be enough for my application?

Here are some thoughts.

1. If you can't be comfortable with the BS2's capacity, consider a
BS2SX--lots more code space for a few more bucks.

2. You may want to re-phrase your question as: "How can I _best_
use the 500 lines of code for my application?". You could do this
project with a BS1 if you had to (an even less powerful Stamp). The
only question is how much bells, whistles, accuracy, error
trapping/recovery, yadda yadda you want (or your prof wants).

3. To convince yourself, break the problem down into its pieces,
write some pseudocode, then try coding a piece in PBASIC, then do the
math.

Steve

Archiver

I am trying to figure out if the BS2 will work for my application. I am a
graduating BSEE student working on my senior capstone project. I am
building a device that will determine if another piece of test equipment is
operating correctly. The user will enter an expected voltage through the
voltage selector, the device will then except a voltage input, perform
calculations to determine if the measured voltage input is within 10% of the
expected voltage, and then display the measured voltage to the user through
the output screen.

The BS2 is attractive to me because it interfaces with the LTC1298 A/D
converter (#27916) and the LED Display Terminal (#29112). As of now, the
digital part of the device has been completely designed with discrete logic
(74LS series devices). If discrete logic is used, the device would require
approximately 40 74LS85 comparators, 10 74LS32 OR gates, 5 74LS08 AND gates,
50 74LS04 inverters, 20 74LS157 mux's, 40 74LS83 adders, 20 D-Flip Flops,
and 10 buffers. Using the BS2 with the LED Display and A/D converter would
greatly simplify the building of the device.

So, this is my question: how can I determine if the 500 lines of code of the
BS2 will be enough for my application?



Thank you for your time.

Tracy Young

Archiver

Piece of cake for the BS2.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:06:50 -0800 "Tracy Young"
<tracyyoung@f...> writes:
> I am trying to figure out if the BS2 will work for my application. I
> am a
> graduating BSEE student working on my senior capstone project. I am
> building a device that will determine if another piece of test
> equipment is
> operating correctly. The user will enter an expected voltage
> through the
> voltage selector, the device will then except a voltage input,
> perform
> calculations to determine if the measured voltage input is within
> 10% of the
> expected voltage, and then display the measured voltage to the user
> through
> the output screen.
>
> The BS2 is attractive to me because it interfaces with the LTC1298
> A/D
> converter (#27916) and the LED Display Terminal (#29112). As of
> now, the
> digital part of the device has been completely designed with
> discrete logic
> (74LS series devices). If discrete logic is used, the device would
> require
> approximately 40 74LS85 comparators, 10 74LS32 OR gates, 5 74LS08
> AND gates,
> 50 74LS04 inverters, 20 74LS157 mux's, 40 74LS83 adders, 20 D-Flip
> Flops,
> and 10 buffers. Using the BS2 with the LED Display and A/D
> converter would
> greatly simplify the building of the device.
>
> So, this is my question: how can I determine if the 500 lines of
> code of the
> BS2 will be enough for my application?
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Tracy Young
>
>
>
>
>