Basic Stamp Editor for other PIC''s?
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Dave,
As you already know, my project is a construction tool for building
houses and other building projects. I hope to license it to one of
the tool makers.
At how many units would you shift from using a Stamp to a PIC? 100?
1000?
Take care,
Frank
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <davemucha@j...>
wrote:
> --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...>
> wrote:
> > Well, golly Chuck --
> > First you say you couldn't figure out why he
> > said going from BS2 to PIC was expensive, then
> > you said you did it -- BUT you had problems
> > with the math?
> >
> > That's kind of the point, isn't it? You CAN
> > buy some 'third-party' products to ease porting
> > from BS2 to PIC -- but the cost for these products
> > is around $300.00 or so -- OR you can get 'freeware'
> > which only does part of the job. And you'll STILL
> > need some board to plug the PIC into to program
> > it.
>
>
> This is the thing most of us have found. it cost $250.00 for a
> software package. PicBasic does some, but PicBasicPRO is needed
for
> the math and that it $250.00 and another $20.00 for a hardware
> programmer.
>
> The migration is a normal evolution as one gets more projects and
> spends $$$ per year on devices, but even those of us who get
involved
> with customer related projects use the Stamp to do the prototype
and
> more often than one might expect, deiver a project using the Stamp,
> even though we have the PIC's and the software.
>
>
> Dave
>
> <big snip>
As you already know, my project is a construction tool for building
houses and other building projects. I hope to license it to one of
the tool makers.
At how many units would you shift from using a Stamp to a PIC? 100?
1000?
Take care,
Frank
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <davemucha@j...>
wrote:
> --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...>
> wrote:
> > Well, golly Chuck --
> > First you say you couldn't figure out why he
> > said going from BS2 to PIC was expensive, then
> > you said you did it -- BUT you had problems
> > with the math?
> >
> > That's kind of the point, isn't it? You CAN
> > buy some 'third-party' products to ease porting
> > from BS2 to PIC -- but the cost for these products
> > is around $300.00 or so -- OR you can get 'freeware'
> > which only does part of the job. And you'll STILL
> > need some board to plug the PIC into to program
> > it.
>
>
> This is the thing most of us have found. it cost $250.00 for a
> software package. PicBasic does some, but PicBasicPRO is needed
for
> the math and that it $250.00 and another $20.00 for a hardware
> programmer.
>
> The migration is a normal evolution as one gets more projects and
> spends $$$ per year on devices, but even those of us who get
involved
> with customer related projects use the Stamp to do the prototype
and
> more often than one might expect, deiver a project using the Stamp,
> even though we have the PIC's and the software.
>
>
> Dave
>
> <big snip>