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off topic: PDA instead of a Stamp?

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-08-18 17:39 in General Discussion
First off, I'd like to thank the members of this group for providing
me lots of great support over the past year in coming up to speed on
Stamps and Stamp-related projects. It's nice to find a group where
people will answer stupid questions with patience instead of
profanity!

My current project needs to play audio in addition monitoring
pushbuttons/dipswitches and turning relays on and off. My Stamp 2SX
is performing quite nicely in that role in conjunction with a Sony CD-
player.

Can anyone comment on the feasibility of replacing my Stamp/CD player
setup in a future model, with a PDA? My thought is that if I could
find a PDA that could play MP3's, it would eliminate the need for a
large CD player with moving parts, and configuration (currently done
with dipswitches) could be done via a touchscreen.

In addition to that, I will need to write some code that will monitor
the state of a pushbutton and turn some solid-state relays on and
off. I am completely ignorant as to what various PDA's on the market
can do, or what their interfacing capabilities are, so any comments
would be welcome.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Stamp, I just need to simplify and
save some space! :-)

Thanks!
--Alex

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-08-18 16:50
    Found this reference
    PDA Robotics
    ISBN: 0071417419 250pp paperback
    Publisher: TAB Electronics Published: Jul 2003
    Author: Doug Williams
    Original Message
    From: atl_guy1138 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=BZhje-6Td9T_SHXDvec6eTm8GaW__ayYabouoqEl4dKuuCh3w96SxqxV5SwxC29pHtCQyxxa0T-JDFsCgPCuIg]atl_guy1138@y...[/url
    Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:25 AM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] off topic: PDA instead of a Stamp?


    First off, I'd like to thank the members of this group for providing
    me lots of great support over the past year in coming up to speed on
    Stamps and Stamp-related projects. It's nice to find a group where
    people will answer stupid questions with patience instead of
    profanity!

    My current project needs to play audio in addition monitoring
    pushbuttons/dipswitches and turning relays on and off. My Stamp 2SX
    is performing quite nicely in that role in conjunction with a Sony CD-
    player.

    Can anyone comment on the feasibility of replacing my Stamp/CD player
    setup in a future model, with a PDA? My thought is that if I could
    find a PDA that could play MP3's, it would eliminate the need for a
    large CD player with moving parts, and configuration (currently done
    with dipswitches) could be done via a touchscreen.

    In addition to that, I will need to write some code that will monitor
    the state of a pushbutton and turn some solid-state relays on and
    off. I am completely ignorant as to what various PDA's on the market
    can do, or what their interfacing capabilities are, so any comments
    would be welcome.

    Don't get me wrong, I love the Stamp, I just need to simplify and
    save some space! :-)

    Thanks!
    --Alex


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-08-18 17:39
    Phil,

    Thanks for the info! This is exactly what I'm looking for...

    Regards,
    --Alex


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, Phil.Kruger@A... wrote:
    > Found this reference
    > PDA Robotics
    > ISBN: 0071417419 250pp paperback
    > Publisher: TAB Electronics Published: Jul 2003
    > Author: Doug Williams
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: atl_guy1138 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:atl_guy1138@y...]
    > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:25 AM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] off topic: PDA instead of a Stamp?
    >
    >
    > First off, I'd like to thank the members of this group for
    providing
    > me lots of great support over the past year in coming up to speed
    on
    > Stamps and Stamp-related projects. It's nice to find a group where
    > people will answer stupid questions with patience instead of
    > profanity!
    >
    > My current project needs to play audio in addition monitoring
    > pushbuttons/dipswitches and turning relays on and off. My Stamp 2SX
    > is performing quite nicely in that role in conjunction with a Sony
    CD-
    > player.
    >
    > Can anyone comment on the feasibility of replacing my Stamp/CD
    player
    > setup in a future model, with a PDA? My thought is that if I could
    > find a PDA that could play MP3's, it would eliminate the need for a
    > large CD player with moving parts, and configuration (currently
    done
    > with dipswitches) could be done via a touchscreen.
    >
    > In addition to that, I will need to write some code that will
    monitor
    > the state of a pushbutton and turn some solid-state relays on and
    > off. I am completely ignorant as to what various PDA's on the
    market
    > can do, or what their interfacing capabilities are, so any comments
    > would be welcome.
    >
    > Don't get me wrong, I love the Stamp, I just need to simplify and
    > save some space! :-)
    >
    > Thanks!
    > --Alex
    >
    >
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