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Course to move students from STAMP to SX

John KauffmanJohn Kauffman Posts: 653
edited 2005-05-02 03:16 in Learn with BlocklyProp
I have students that have finished WAM,·BoeBOT,·BAaD and Signals. They are looking for more challenges.
I am thinking of giving them a course on SX & SXkey. I got the SXKey tech kit and read/skimmed the three texts.
I also downloaded the SXbasic.

Now I am trying to develop a syllabus. I am thinking, in broad terms:
1 -·Comparison of STAMP and SX, particularly advantages of speed, debugging·and Virtual Peripherials
2 - SX with SXBASIC to get used to pin names and the board
3 - SX with assembler

Has anyone else taught students in a transition from STAMP to SX?
Any suggestions?
Anyone already have syllabus,·notes, quizzes that I could bum? I'll add on and send you the additions.

Thanks.

Comments

  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-05-01 02:43
    I'm not good at documentation, but I know the SX and SX/B very well.
    I would be willing to proof-read any documents you write.
    Bean.

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  • Aristides AlvarezAristides Alvarez Posts: 486
    edited 2005-05-01 04:59
    Hello John,
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    You just found yourself a job! [noparse];)[/noparse]
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    The SX/B was released not long ago, so nobody yet developed educational documentation as we have it for the BASIC Stamp microcontroller in the Stamps in Class program.
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    The book on this link added some examples in how to program with SX/B:
    http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/books/ExploringTheSx.pdf
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    Also SX/B is being improved as we speak and a new release is getting closer.
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    I'll contact you by private email to keep talking about your proposal.
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    Regards,


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  • SPENCESPENCE Posts: 204
    edited 2005-05-01 08:43
    Aristides.

    Is it possible to add button for debounce in the new version.

    73
    spence
    k4kep
  • Aristides AlvarezAristides Alvarez Posts: 486
    edited 2005-05-02 01:22
    Hello Spence,

    The BUTTON command is not going to be supported by the new SX/B compiler.

    BUTTON is not used as frequently so its priority was very low against implementing other commands.

    In the applications where bounce is a problem, you can still debouce your inputs by software in your code.

    Regards,

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  • Jon WilliamsJon Williams Posts: 6,491
    edited 2005-05-02 03:16
    To add to what Ari posted, BUTTON is designed to be used within a tight loop, hence it gives many people troubles because they don't do that -- designing one's own debounce routine is usually easier. StampWorks has a multi-input debounce routine that can be converted to SX/B without trouble.

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