Need help from industrial BasicStamp users

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I want to talk with a few people who use BasicStamps in industrial
systems. If you use BasicStamps to control thing like pumps,
actuators, motors, solenoids, etc., and measure sensor outputs,
on/off signals, control settings, and so on, and can explain what you
do, please contact me. I'm writing an article for a large industrial
magazine about the use of microcontrollers and seek to talk with
people who will comment on what they do, how easy it was to get
started, and what alternatives they considered or what they replaced
with a microcontroller. You can talk "on the record" or "off the
record," but I prefer the former. Anyone quoted has the opportunity
to review quotes prior to publication.

I now work as a freelance editor, but worked previously as the chief
editor of EDN and Test & Measurement World magazines. I've written
books about computers and have been educating people about computers
and electronics since the mid '70s. (I'm a writer/educator, not a
tabloid reporter!) You can find some of my recent articles at
www.tmworld.com. Search the Article Archives for "titus," without
the quotes. Or, search the Web for "titus" and "Mark 8"

Thanks.

Jon Titus
Milford, MA
jontitus@a...
harrowsmith@a...
Member: National Association of Science Writers

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Hi Jon,

I've enjoyed your lead-in column in EDN.

I use BASIC Stamps for my work in data logging and control. I have my
own company in Berkeley CA, which I started after receiving a degree
in Engineering Physics and a Phd in biophysics at the big U. here.

In addition to products I make that use the BASIC Stamp
micro-controller, I have become friendly with the folks at Parallax
and have written "Earth Measurements" curriculum for their
"Stamps-in-Class" educational program. Parallax is a great company
to do business with.

Many of my customers are university or government scientists doing
work in hydrology, or in light measurement, or in fields that fall
under the heading of micro-meteorology. My web site is
<http://www.owlogic.com>.

Please contact me if you would like to talk further about the subject
of your article.

-- best regards
Thomas Tracy Allen PhD
electronically monitored ecosystems
http://www.owlogic.com
mailto:tracy@e...
510-848-5725
fax:510-848-5748




>I want to talk with a few people who use BasicStamps in industrial
>systems. If you use BasicStamps to control thing like pumps,
>actuators, motors, solenoids, etc., and measure sensor outputs,
>on/off signals, control settings, and so on, and can explain what you
>do, please contact me. I'm writing an article for a large industrial
>magazine about the use of microcontrollers and seek to talk with
>people who will comment on what they do, how easy it was to get
>started, and what alternatives they considered or what they replaced
>with a microcontroller. You can talk "on the record" or "off the
>record," but I prefer the former. Anyone quoted has the opportunity
>to review quotes prior to publication.
>
>I now work as a freelance editor, but worked previously as the chief
>editor of EDN and Test & Measurement World magazines. I've written
>books about computers and have been educating people about computers
>and electronics since the mid '70s. (I'm a writer/educator, not a
>tabloid reporter!) You can find some of my recent articles at
>www.tmworld.com. Search the Article Archives for "titus," without
>the quotes. Or, search the Web for "titus" and "Mark 8"
>
>Thanks.
>
>Jon Titus
>Milford, MA
>jontitus@a...
>harrowsmith@a...
>Member: National Association of Science Writers

Archiver

Jon,
Can you post where/how we (Stampers) can get a copy of the article
when you publish it? When will it be out?

--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Titus <harrowsmith@a...>"
<harrowsmith@a...> wrote:
> I want to talk with a few people who use BasicStamps in industrial
> systems. If you use BasicStamps to control thing like pumps,
> actuators, motors, solenoids, etc., and measure sensor outputs,
> on/off signals, control settings, and so on, and can explain what
you
> do, please contact me. I'm writing an article for a large
industrial
> magazine about the use of microcontrollers and seek to talk with
> people who will comment on what they do, how easy it was to get
> started, and what alternatives they considered or what they
replaced
> with a microcontroller. You can talk "on the record" or "off the
> record," but I prefer the former. Anyone quoted has the opportunity
> to review quotes prior to publication.
>
> I now work as a freelance editor, but worked previously as the
chief
> editor of EDN and Test & Measurement World magazines. I've written
> books about computers and have been educating people about
computers
> and electronics since the mid '70s. (I'm a writer/educator, not a
> tabloid reporter!) You can find some of my recent articles at
> www.tmworld.com. Search the Article Archives for "titus," without
> the quotes. Or, search the Web for "titus" and "Mark 8"
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon Titus
> Milford, MA
> jontitus@a...
> harrowsmith@a...
> Member: National Association of Science Writers

Archiver

Jon,
Can you post where/how we (Stampers) can get a copy of the article
when you publish it? When will it be out?

--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Titus <harrowsmith@a...>"
<harrowsmith@a...> wrote:
> I want to talk with a few people who use BasicStamps in industrial
> systems. If you use BasicStamps to control thing like pumps,
> actuators, motors, solenoids, etc., and measure sensor outputs,
> on/off signals, control settings, and so on, and can explain what
you
> do, please contact me. I'm writing an article for a large
industrial
> magazine about the use of microcontrollers and seek to talk with
> people who will comment on what they do, how easy it was to get
> started, and what alternatives they considered or what they
replaced
> with a microcontroller. You can talk "on the record" or "off the
> record," but I prefer the former. Anyone quoted has the opportunity
> to review quotes prior to publication.
>
> I now work as a freelance editor, but worked previously as the
chief
> editor of EDN and Test & Measurement World magazines. I've written
> books about computers and have been educating people about
computers
> and electronics since the mid '70s. (I'm a writer/educator, not a
> tabloid reporter!) You can find some of my recent articles at
> www.tmworld.com. Search the Article Archives for "titus," without
> the quotes. Or, search the Web for "titus" and "Mark 8"
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon Titus
> Milford, MA
> jontitus@a...
> harrowsmith@a...
> Member: National Association of Science Writers