SX/B Index and Cross Reference
John Couture
Posts: 370
Mr. Newton (of SXList.com fame) and Mr. Gracey (of Parallax),
1) Do either of you know of the existance of·an index available for Al Williams "Exploring the SX Microcontroller with Assembly & BASIC Programming" (alphabetical list of keywords and topic with page numbers) that can be printed and appended to the end of Al Williams book.
2) Is there a·"BASIC Language Reference Manual" for SX/B .... I know that the SX-Key has an online manual but I was looking for a book.
3) How about a traditional Programming Book for SX/B without the Assembler.· Something that would have a chapter on Loops, another chapter on Arrays, another on interfacing to an LCD and printing "Hello World".· You get the idea.
4) Mr. Newton, do you see a need for a SX/B section on your SX List?
5) Mr. Gracey, if we (as in, the forum members) create a series of chapters (i.e. just like the above), does this site have the ability to host such chapters and appoint·"chief editors" for each chapter?
Ok, so these are crazy ideas but I don't start teaching classes for a couple of days and my brain cells are starting to power up to full speed with all of these random thoughs about my foolish hobbies (grin).
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John J. Couture
San Diego Miramar College
1) Do either of you know of the existance of·an index available for Al Williams "Exploring the SX Microcontroller with Assembly & BASIC Programming" (alphabetical list of keywords and topic with page numbers) that can be printed and appended to the end of Al Williams book.
2) Is there a·"BASIC Language Reference Manual" for SX/B .... I know that the SX-Key has an online manual but I was looking for a book.
3) How about a traditional Programming Book for SX/B without the Assembler.· Something that would have a chapter on Loops, another chapter on Arrays, another on interfacing to an LCD and printing "Hello World".· You get the idea.
4) Mr. Newton, do you see a need for a SX/B section on your SX List?
5) Mr. Gracey, if we (as in, the forum members) create a series of chapters (i.e. just like the above), does this site have the ability to host such chapters and appoint·"chief editors" for each chapter?
Ok, so these are crazy ideas but I don't start teaching classes for a couple of days and my brain cells are starting to power up to full speed with all of these random thoughs about my foolish hobbies (grin).
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John J. Couture
San Diego Miramar College
Comments
2. Good idea but I don't know of one.
3. Good idea but I don't know of one.
4. Yes. However I have no time to put it together. The SXList.com site IS in fact a wiki. It allows you to A) become a member (register your email address)
5. Sxlist.com has EXACTLY that ability. Parallax.com does not (to my knowledge)
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John J. Couture
San Diego Miramar College
I understand this this is not a direct answer to the question posed
Daniel
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax
Mr. Gracey has arrived. You can call me Ken.
5. Anything like this you want to organize we can support. I can create sticky threads and of course you can post chapters or other documents in this section.
Our interest and support·for the SX is increasing, as you'll see in the next couple of days.·We've always been a bit loathe to recommend the SX for education, primarily because the cost of the development tools and lack of a compiler. But both of those factors changed recently with the release of SX/B and reduction of our tool kit prices. SX/B is clearly the backbone of·my reasoning, because it's quite possible to go from Stamp-land to SX and use the SX48/52 Proto Boards for really cheap [noparse][[/noparse]by the way, we won't be raising the price of those, ever - in fact I wish we could make them $5!].
If you are·going to develop any educational resources for SX/B you have our entire support. Let us know how we can assist.
At the moment we don't have any Parallax-planned documentation on tap for SX/B, but that·will likely change by the end of this year.
Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.
That is all good news Ken.
Thanks.
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Perfection in design is not achieved when there is nothing left to add.
It is achieved when there is nothing left to take away.
Here's the Parallax accounts when Ken said he would sell the SX48/52 Protoboards for $10
Bean.
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"SX-Video·Module" Now available from Parallax for only $28.95
http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30012
Product web site: www.sxvm.com
"One experiment is worth a thousand theories"
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax