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New to BASIC Stamp

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-06-16 12:34 in General Discussion
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if someone could give me a
suggestion as to were I should start to learn about BASIC Stamp. All
suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks, Alex

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-26 19:06
    Alex,

    I'm still a beginner too.

    1. for me the "StampWorks Kit" did the trick - I cannot say enough good
    things about how I went from knowing zero about electronics to being
    able to do quite a lot in a very short amount of time. I thought it
    was a little pricey at first, but you really get a lot for your money
    and by the time I got to expirement 2 or 3 I had forgotten all about
    money and was just concerned with learning.

    2. all the cirriculm for both StampWorks and Stamps In Class is
    available for download from the parallax site. You might read some of
    both before you decide if you want to go the Stamp Works route or the
    Board of Education/Stamps Cirriculm route.

    3. as always, you will learn a lot from reading this list everyday.

    best of luck to you.

    mkl


    Original Message
    From: "plochayvibor <plochayvibor@y...>" <plochayvibor@y...>
    Date: Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:45 pm
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to BASIC Stamp

    > Hi everyone, I was just wondering if someone could give me a
    > suggestion as to were I should start to learn about BASIC Stamp.
    > All
    > suggestions are appreciated.
    > Thanks, Alex
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-26 20:14
    Be sure to check out http://www.wd5gnr.com/stampfaq.htm

    You might also enjoy our project of the month at
    http://www.al-williams.com/som.htm

    Have Fun!

    Al Williams
    AWC
    * Floating point math for the Stamp, PIC, SX, or any microcontroller
    http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak1.htm



    >
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    >
    >
    > Hi everyone, I was just wondering if someone could give me a
    > suggestion as to were I should start to learn about BASIC Stamp. All
    > suggestions are appreciated.
    > Thanks, Alex
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-26 20:53
    And don't forget Al's book or my monthly column in Nuts & Volts magazine.
    You can get all past issues of the column (written by Scott Edwards, Lon
    Glazner and myself) in a three-book set from Parallax.

    <A
    HREF="http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/products/books/books.asp">http://www.pa\
    rallax.com/html_pages/products/books/books.asp    </A>

    ... is the link to "The Nuts & Volts of BASIC Stamps" as well as Al's book, a
    book by Scott Edwards and several books that are available for sale and may
    to download as PDFs.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Parallax
    -- And not related to Al but we both live in the great state of Texas!


    In a message dated 12/26/2002 2:16:30 PM Central Standard Time,
    alw@a... writes:

    > Be sure to check out http://www.wd5gnr.com/stampfaq.htm
    >
    > You might also enjoy our project of the month at
    > http://www.al-williams.com/som.htm
    >
    > Have Fun!
    >
    > Al Williams



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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-05-08 23:43
    I am new to the basic stamp. I am currently using for a digital
    electronics course I am taking in High School. I was wondering if
    anyone has ideas for some programs i could make using the basic
    stamp 1. Any suggestions would be useful.


    thanks
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-05-09 12:56
    You might want to try making a small robot, just servos for motors and a
    sensor for object detection. Mine uses a team of two SRF04 sonar rangers
    and two GPD02 infrared rangers. It is pretty simple and I think you
    could just use one of either type of sensors mounted on top of a servo.
    If you need help email me off list for more details.

    -Mike Dillon (high school student also)
    Original Message
    From: yankeesfan122886 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=L7gh8YJ7xZo7NowuQThH4VBj_CS0kTupIRWinZn3INE91rvd7G0isESjUdw7tEsG14U7f9BiclYY8mbVBfE72acNwFI]yankeesfan122886@y...[/url
    Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:44 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to basic Stamp

    I am new to the basic stamp. I am currently using for a digital
    electronics course I am taking in High School. I was wondering if
    anyone has ideas for some programs i could make using the basic
    stamp 1. Any suggestions would be useful.


    thanks


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-05-09 14:26
    Many projects require the Stamp II, but you can still do a lot with
    the Stamp I. For a great list of ideas, go to LOSA (short for List
    Of Stamp Applications).

    http://www.hth.com/filelibrary/txtfiles/losa.txt

    Good luck,

    Steve


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "yankeesfan122886"
    <yankeesfan122886@y...> wrote:
    > I am new to the basic stamp. I am currently using for a digital
    > electronics course I am taking in High School. I was wondering if
    > anyone has ideas for some programs i could make using the basic
    > stamp 1. Any suggestions would be useful.
    >
    >
    > thanks
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-05-09 14:43
    If you have a choice about it, I highly
    recommend the BS2. It has more pins, has
    more memory space, has a few better commands,
    runs faster. True, it is about $25.00 more,
    which would have stopped me in High School.

    Still, if you can swing it I'd go with the
    BS2 over the BS1.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "yankeesfan122886"
    <yankeesfan122886@y...> wrote:
    > I am new to the basic stamp. I am currently using for a digital
    > electronics course I am taking in High School. I was wondering if
    > anyone has ideas for some programs i could make using the basic
    > stamp 1. Any suggestions would be useful.
    >
    >
    > thanks
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-05-09 18:13
    >I am new to the basic stamp. I am currently using for a digital
    >electronics course I am taking in High School. I was wondering if
    >anyone has ideas for some programs i could make using the basic
    >stamp 1. Any suggestions would be useful.
    >
    >thanks


    Be sure that you look at the Basic Stamp 1 application notes that are
    available free for download from the Parallax web site. They hold a
    wealth of good projects and information. Written by Scott Edwards,
    a real pioneer with the application of the Stamp 1.

    I see that your handle is yankeesfan. Maybe you could make something
    like a score keeper, with leds and pushbuttons. Okay, you can just
    look at the scoreboard. But maybe for your own games.

    -- Tracy
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-15 19:45
    I have just assembled the OEM BS2 -Rev A, and I am having a few problems...

    When I click the identify button it does sense the com port, however, when I run
    a test program it tells me a Basic Stamp is not found... I am using a Radio
    Shack Breadboard for prototyping... along with a 9v battery power supply. I
    connected the pos to Vin and the neg to Vss.

    I double check my sodering joints and the components all seem to be OK.

    The battery gets extremely HOT.


    Any suggestions..

    L D

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-15 20:12
    In a message dated 6/15/2003 11:47:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
    ldornell@h... writes:

    > I have just assembled the OEM BS2 -Rev A, and I am having a few problems...
    >
    > When I click the identify button it does sense the com port, however, when I
    > run a test program it tells me a Basic Stamp is not found... I am using a
    > Radio Shack Breadboard for prototyping... along with a 9v battery power
    supply.
    > I connected the pos to Vin and the neg to Vss.
    >
    > I double check my sodering joints and the components all seem to be OK.
    >
    > The battery gets extremely HOT.

    The battery getting extremely HOT is not normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although you
    have probably rechecked the wiring more than 3 or 4 times, take a break for a
    few hours, come back to your project and check the wiring again.

    What is the voltage across the battery when everything is hooked up?


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-15 20:16
    If the battery is getting hot you almost certainly have a short somewhere.
    Are any of the other components heating up?

    Disconnect all your breadboarding so you are just dealing with the OEM board
    at first. Quadruple check parts orientation and inspect carefully for
    solder bridges and odd looking solder joints. Use a magnifying glass if you
    have one. A good solder joint is slightly shiny and forms a smooth somewhat
    concave cone around the component lead and grows uniformly from the solder
    pad which is its base.

    If all looks good, change batteries because the heat makes it likely that
    its capacity has been significantly reduced. Run the following silly
    program to verify that your stamp is really alive:

    '{$STAMP BS2}
    debug "hello world"
    end

    If you get "hello world" in the debug terminal window, move on to checking
    your breadboard extensions. If not, you may need some hands-on help from
    someone with more debugging experience or from customer service at Parallax
    or the dealer where you bought the kit.

    -- Al Margolis, founder
    www.hobbyengineering.com
    The WEB's newest source for robotics supplies and information
    Original Message
    From: L D Dornell [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=yMSd8W3s79284K0QB8NWeSQi_pO7Qcwa9Y0Dco7YhyjbhfB0kgaq9TcmaMqsf6n1qT_4J9mD1mQvBsBGSQ]ldornell@h...[/url
    Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:45 AM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to Basic Stamp
    Importance: High


    I have just assembled the OEM BS2 -Rev A, and I am having a few problems...

    When I click the identify button it does sense the com port, however, when I
    run a test program it tells me a Basic Stamp is not found... I am using a
    Radio Shack Breadboard for prototyping... along with a 9v battery power
    supply. I connected the pos to Vin and the neg to Vss.

    I double check my sodering joints and the components all seem to be OK.

    The battery gets extremely HOT.


    Any suggestions..

    L D

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-16 00:51
    The basic stamp is the only component on the board... and the stamp module
    feels normal..

    I'll double check all solder joints and replace the battery. Thanks for the
    feedback.
    Original Message
    From: "Al Margolis(TX)" <al@b...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:16 PM
    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to Basic Stamp


    > If the battery is getting hot you almost certainly have a short somewhere.
    > Are any of the other components heating up?
    >
    > Disconnect all your breadboarding so you are just dealing with the OEM
    board
    > at first. Quadruple check parts orientation and inspect carefully for
    > solder bridges and odd looking solder joints. Use a magnifying glass if
    you
    > have one. A good solder joint is slightly shiny and forms a smooth
    somewhat
    > concave cone around the component lead and grows uniformly from the solder
    > pad which is its base.
    >
    > If all looks good, change batteries because the heat makes it likely that
    > its capacity has been significantly reduced. Run the following silly
    > program to verify that your stamp is really alive:
    >
    > '{$STAMP BS2}
    > debug "hello world"
    > end
    >
    > If you get "hello world" in the debug terminal window, move on to checking
    > your breadboard extensions. If not, you may need some hands-on help from
    > someone with more debugging experience or from customer service at
    Parallax
    > or the dealer where you bought the kit.
    >
    > -- Al Margolis, founder
    > www.hobbyengineering.com
    > The WEB's newest source for robotics supplies and information
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: L D Dornell [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=qGkBV8lqlWmH6Oium4eGeHgERAKJYWYXT0LspWh-hp0ZUw_F5ZsQUbMrynKUikX-OlEXiQs-7E2sY1CwuWxf]ldornell@h...[/url
    > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:45 AM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to Basic Stamp
    > Importance: High
    >
    >
    > I have just assembled the OEM BS2 -Rev A, and I am having a few
    problems...
    >
    > When I click the identify button it does sense the com port, however, when
    I
    > run a test program it tells me a Basic Stamp is not found... I am using a
    > Radio Shack Breadboard for prototyping... along with a 9v battery power
    > supply. I connected the pos to Vin and the neg to Vss.
    >
    > I double check my sodering joints and the components all seem to be OK.
    >
    > The battery gets extremely HOT.
    >
    >
    > Any suggestions..
    >
    > L D
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-16 02:00
    Its either a short, or the regulator and/or caps are backwards.
    Original Message

    > The basic stamp is the only component on the board... and the stamp module
    > feels normal..
    >
    > I'll double check all solder joints and replace the battery. Thanks for
    the
    > feedback.

    > > If the battery is getting hot you almost certainly have a short
    somewhere.
    > > Are any of the other components heating up?
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-06-16 12:34
    I discovered I had a bad connection...
    Thanks
    Original Message
    From: "Rodent" <daweasel@s...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:00 PM
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] New to Basic Stamp


    > Its either a short, or the regulator and/or caps are backwards.
    >
    >
    Original Message
    >
    > > The basic stamp is the only component on the board... and the stamp
    module
    > > feels normal..
    > >
    > > I'll double check all solder joints and replace the battery. Thanks for
    > the
    > > feedback.
    >
    > > > If the battery is getting hot you almost certainly have a short
    > somewhere.
    > > > Are any of the other components heating up?
    >
    >
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