Basic Stamp Vs Basic Atom
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I'm doing a comparison between the two PICs. Main advantages of Atom
over PIC? Compiled and inerrupt usage. Anyone have more information
on the interrupt side of this? Ie:how such a technique would be
closest implemented on the Basic Stamp, codewise, and what the
drawbacks would be?
over PIC? Compiled and inerrupt usage. Anyone have more information
on the interrupt side of this? Ie:how such a technique would be
closest implemented on the Basic Stamp, codewise, and what the
drawbacks would be?
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Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe they'll fix the
problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the hassle or trouble.
If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
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Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Basic Stamp Vs Basic Atom
I'm doing a comparison between the two PICs. Main advantages of Atom
over PIC? Compiled and inerrupt usage. Anyone have more information
on the interrupt side of this? Ie:how such a technique would be
closest implemented on the Basic Stamp, codewise, and what the
drawbacks would be?
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it just tokenized?
-Chilton
On Friday, February 1, 2002, at 06:30 AM, theborderlinecrew wrote:
> I'm doing a comparison between the two PICs. Main advantages of Atom
> over PIC? Compiled and inerrupt usage. Anyone have more information
> on the interrupt side of this? Ie:how such a technique would be
> closest implemented on the Basic Stamp, codewise, and what the
> drawbacks would be?
>
guy that develkpoed it. He claimed that he had developed a fairly profitable
home based business around it in a very short time.
Hmmm... I wonder if that's still the case.
BTW, nothing against home businesses, I just wish that every skilled
engineer that wanted to try one would get a skilled business manager to show
them why most of these fail....In any case, I wish Mr Atom the best. His
ambition puts him in some very good company.
Chris
IF (big IF) they ever fix their compiler the Atom might be useful.
Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe they'll fix the
problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the hassle or trouble.
If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
useful.
> Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe
they'll fix the
> problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the
hassle or trouble.
> If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
What problems are you running into with the Atom?
mob@m... writes:
> > IF (big IF) they ever fix their compiler the Atom might be
> useful.
> > Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe
> they'll fix the
> > problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the
> hassle or trouble.
> > If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
>
>
Please discuss non-BASIC Stamp products on their respective e-mail lists.
-- Jon Williams
-- Parallax
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jonwms@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/1/02 11:44:47 AM Central Standard Time,
> mob@m... writes:
>
> > > IF (big IF) they ever fix their compiler the Atom might be
> > useful.
> > > Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe
> > they'll fix the
> > > problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the
> > hassle or trouble.
> > > If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
> >
> >
>
> Please discuss non-BASIC Stamp products on their respective e-mail lists.
>
> -- Jon Williams
> -- Parallax
>
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work at all.
Basically, I couldn't use it with a DS1820/22 temp chip, plus a DS1620
didn't work right at all too.
It did seem to work with a LCD panel. Basically, all the 1 wire devices
wouldn't work with it.
The I2C devices sorta maybe would work, if the temperature stayed below 75
degrees farenheit.
RCTime would barely work with a Devantech Ultrasonic range finder (pulsein
didn't work), the Sharp IR devices didn't work at all (shift in).
Unfortunately, it was these things I wanted to use the chip with. If your
not using anything like that
it probably works OK.
The same devices worked great with the Basic Stamps though and my Atmel
chips all liked the devices as well (using BascomAVR).
My temperature sensing system is using a BS2 chip quite well now (DS1620's),
the Atom couldn't handle a meager one DS1620 out of four in the system. The
BS2SX is running 10 DS1820/1822 chips just fine.
Because of the sensors I couldn't use it in the little sumo robot I built
for my son.
But you never know, they might actually come out with a new compiler that
might work. Probably when h..ll freezes over.
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From: R. Michael O'Bannon, Ph.D. [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=eQj9ZKWjojQUiUTOIucHnUTH6oPs16oqmUrOxPJavmeQ-WLSqRc8LxUHQD1pFapah4WUcD4glG_NTFg]mob@m...[/url
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Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Basic Stamp Vs Basic Atom
> IF (big IF) they ever fix their compiler the Atom might be
useful.
> Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box (maybe
they'll fix the
> problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth the
hassle or trouble.
> If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
What problems are you running into with the Atom?
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> IF (big IF) they ever fix their compiler the Atom
> might be useful.
> Otherwise throw it away or put it in your parts box
> (maybe they'll fix the
> problems?), and don't bother with it, it isn't worth
> the hassle or trouble.
> If you bought a Atom, chalk it up to experience.
>
>
>
>
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> I'm doing a comparison between the two PICs. Main
> advantages of Atom
> over PIC? Compiled and inerrupt usage. Anyone have
> more information
> on the interrupt side of this? Ie:how such a
> technique would be
> closest implemented on the Basic Stamp, codewise,
> and what the
> drawbacks would be?
>
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My university bought it for my final year project.
I've already encountered problems. If you can give me
more detail into what it is about the compiler you
think is bad. I've had problems with the IDE
highlighing non-keywords, signed mathematical
problems, also I can't declare 3 variables, A, B and C
in a program, nor X, Y and Z. I've had some funny
problems with it already and I've only been using it
for about 6-7 hours.
Do You think it is better than the Basic Stamp II?
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compiler that will be released in the next day or so with a lot of
fixes. Many of the problems people have had communicating with other
devices has been due to the ATOM running at a much higher speed than the
basic stamp variants. With the ATOM new commands can and will be added
and any problems will be fixed.
The Basic Micro forums are at
http://www.basicmicro.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
Craig
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> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:51:34 +0000 (GMT)
> From: the borderline crew <theborderlinecrew@y...>
> Subject: RE: Basic Stamp Vs Basic Atom
>
> My university bought it for my final year project.
> I've already encountered problems. If you can give me
> more detail into what it is about the compiler you
> think is bad. I've had problems with the IDE
> highlighing non-keywords, signed mathematical
> problems, also I can't declare 3 variables, A, B and C
> in a program, nor X, Y and Z. I've had some funny
> problems with it already and I've only been using it
> for about 6-7 hours.
>
> Do You think it is better than the Basic Stamp II?