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been interested in the idea of trying this for some time especially
a few sketches of automaticed circuits lately.
I still can't quite decide on which one to try with for both starter
and further expansion: BS2e, BS2sx, or BS2p24 (I'm thinking about
the last two?)
also what is this '5x5 keyboard' from parallax just like since I
can't find a screenshot or much info on it now? thanks
oh and a last quick wonder I had was about if anyone know about a
small cam>display circuit or my best bet is to just find a older
working videocamera and trim the excessives off then detach the
viewer piece? thanks (by the way I know someone some time ago who
took two old videocamera and did this to them then mount the viewers
to a small headwear before stucking the two videocamera cases
together and having amusement with getting "distorted" (like the
videocamera is making you view yourself haha))
if you're wondering, I have been in a lot of electronic kit boards
before and a few breadboard ones so I thought it interesting to try
BASIC stamp (same meaning as a PIC chip right?).
a few sketches of automaticed circuits lately.
I still can't quite decide on which one to try with for both starter
and further expansion: BS2e, BS2sx, or BS2p24 (I'm thinking about
the last two?)
also what is this '5x5 keyboard' from parallax just like since I
can't find a screenshot or much info on it now? thanks
oh and a last quick wonder I had was about if anyone know about a
small cam>display circuit or my best bet is to just find a older
working videocamera and trim the excessives off then detach the
viewer piece? thanks (by the way I know someone some time ago who
took two old videocamera and did this to them then mount the viewers
to a small headwear before stucking the two videocamera cases
together and having amusement with getting "distorted" (like the
videocamera is making you view yourself haha))
if you're wondering, I have been in a lot of electronic kit boards
before and a few breadboard ones so I thought it interesting to try
BASIC stamp (same meaning as a PIC chip right?).
Comments
entirely in PBasic. It runs slower than a PIC, but
solves LOTS of problems (saves LOTS of time) with
power, crystal oscillators, compilers/debuggers
downloaders, etc.
Basically you get a completely debugged hardware
design, with a completely debugged software
development environment.
For an initial purchase I recommend the full
Board Of Education (BOE) package.
2. Parallax sells a version of the CMUCam for the
BS2. See their site at www.parallax.com. They
also have many downloadable examples in their
'nuts and volts' section.
3. X-10 sells a very nice, battery powerable, very
small, RF-driven camera which I have seen people
put into HO-scale train engines. You might
check this out.
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "scavenger_packrat"
<packrat_fun@y...> wrote:
> been interested in the idea of trying this for some time especially
> a few sketches of automaticed circuits lately.
>
> I still can't quite decide on which one to try with for both
starter
> and further expansion: BS2e, BS2sx, or BS2p24 (I'm thinking about
> the last two?)
>
> also what is this '5x5 keyboard' from parallax just like since I
> can't find a screenshot or much info on it now? thanks
>
> oh and a last quick wonder I had was about if anyone know about a
> small cam>display circuit or my best bet is to just find a older
> working videocamera and trim the excessives off then detach the
> viewer piece? thanks (by the way I know someone some time ago who
> took two old videocamera and did this to them then mount the
viewers
> to a small headwear before stucking the two videocamera cases
> together and having amusement with getting "distorted" (like the
> videocamera is making you view yourself haha))
>
> if you're wondering, I have been in a lot of electronic kit boards
> before and a few breadboard ones so I thought it interesting to try
> BASIC stamp (same meaning as a PIC chip right?).
wrote:
> 1. The Basic Stamp (BS2) IS PIC based, but is programmed
> entirely in PBasic. It runs slower than a PIC, but
> solves LOTS of problems (saves LOTS of time) with
> power, crystal oscillators, compilers/debuggers
> downloaders, etc.
>
> Basically you get a completely debugged hardware
> design, with a completely debugged software
> development environment.
thanks...and you could say that yesterday I learned a bit about
EEPROM too ;-)
> For an initial purchase I recommend the full
> Board Of Education (BOE) package.
I was wondering about the starter kit I saw on the robotstore.com
site here http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=199 but
I'm happy to take any comments because we know I'm just starting out
here.
> 2. Parallax sells a version of the CMUCam for the
> BS2. See their site at www.parallax.com. They
> also have many downloadable examples in their
> 'nuts and volts' section.
>
> 3. X-10 sells a very nice, battery powerable, very
> small, RF-driven camera which I have seen people
> put into HO-scale train engines. You might
> check this out.
thanks a lot I'll have check out these.