Starting with Basic Stamp

Archiver

Hi List,

I just starting to learn about Basic Stamp as hobby, but
unfortunately I need some support from you in order to know when I
have to continue with this adventure or not.

My dream is to build some circuits using BS2 and attach them to my PC
using the RS232 to have control and register of some measures (like
temperature through out the DS1620 or equivalent) or to have control
over some servo or rele, but I am not sure that I will be able to do
that because I do not know if a high knowleadge of programming or
electronics is needed.

To communicate BS2 with the PC, is qbasic enought in the side of the
PC ? Could you give some link to learn about communications between
BS2 and PC through out some GUI like labview ? (please, be realistic
and tell me if some script or c code was necessary)

Please, let me know your opinion about requeriments to do that.

Thanks a lot !

Archiver

Sure, you can easily communicate with the Stamp via RS-232 and there are
plenty of examples around. QBasic will work just fine if that is what you
want to use.

You have to be careful interfacing to "port 16" (the programming port)
because it has quirks -- like it echos everything you send it. However, any
of the Stamp's ports will work as RS-232 ports at a TTL level. If you want
"true" RS232 levels, check out http://www.al-williams.com/awce/rs1.htm

A few places to look:
http://www.al-williams.com/stampcom.zip - Visual Basic and C++ examples of
RS232 with Stamp.

http://www.al-williams.com/wd5gnr/stampfaq.htm - Lots of beginner advice.

http://home.pacifier.com/~mcginty/qbstamp.htm - Qbasic + Stamp

http://home.earthlink.net/~y2kbc/Electronics/BasicStamp/Communication/Index.
html - Qbasic + Stamp

Good Luck!

Al Williams
AWC
* Microcontroller Projects with Basic Stamps:
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/sbook.htm


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> Hi List,
>
> I just starting to learn about Basic Stamp as hobby, but
> unfortunately I need some support from you in order to know when I
> have to continue with this adventure or not.
>
> My dream is to build some circuits using BS2 and attach them to my PC
> using the RS232 to have control and register of some measures (like
> temperature through out the DS1620 or equivalent) or to have control
> over some servo or rele, but I am not sure that I will be able to do
> that because I do not know if a high knowleadge of programming or
> electronics is needed.
>
> To communicate BS2 with the PC, is qbasic enought in the side of the
> PC ? Could you give some link to learn about communications between
> BS2 and PC through out some GUI like labview ? (please, be realistic
> and tell me if some script or c code was necessary)
>
> Please, let me know your opinion about requeriments to do that.
>
> Thanks a lot !
>
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