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James AndersonJames Anderson Posts: 52
edited 2005-09-22 17:59 in General Discussion
hello
im thinking about getting an sx, and I would like some reccomendation as to
the CHEAPEST solution. Thanx in advance,

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-09-08 23:38
    Hello,

    ·· Currently this is one of the best deals on getting started with the SX.

    http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=45181


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  • awassonawasson Posts: 57
    edited 2005-09-09 02:09
    Absolutely!

    I picked up one a while ago and haven't looked back.

    The hacker in me wanted to do a homebrew method with a fluffy 2 interface but thankfully the folks here talked me out of it. The SXKey is amazing for such a small device. You won't be dissapointed.

    Andrew
  • Jon WilliamsJon Williams Posts: 6,491
    edited 2005-09-09 02:39
    Save a few more pennies and get this kit: http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=45182

    You will not be sorry -- the PDB is our best development platform and will give you so much to work with that you'll be hard-pressed to buy anything else for straight development (other than any other chips you want to connect to, but the PDB gives you lots of room for those).

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  • James AndersonJames Anderson Posts: 52
    edited 2005-09-09 23:00
    while i would love the pro kit, its kinda out of my "robotics" budget range....
    maybe someday lol.gif thanx for the feed back

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  • awassonawasson Posts: 57
    edited 2005-09-20 23:24
    WANNABE UBERGEEK,

    Have you seen the latest post about the SX Blitz programmer? If not... It can be found here:
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=550189

    Basically it operates much the same as the SX Key but does not offer the debugging features (Help me out Chris & John if I'm wrong about that).

    So... If you really need to keep costs down, all you need is an SX tech Board, the SX Blitz and away you go!

    However, if you can come up with the extra dough do consider getting an SX Key. The debugger is a thing of beauty and walking or stepping through the code and looking at the registers is really handy when your program doesn't work right the first time.

    Cheers,
    Andrew
  • James AndersonJames Anderson Posts: 52
    edited 2005-09-20 23:32
    thanks andrew,
    coincedently, my sx kit plus arrived and hour ago!
    i cant wait to open it. thanx for the advice thogh

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  • awassonawasson Posts: 57
    edited 2005-09-20 23:50
    WANNABE UBERGEEK said...
    coincedently, my sx kit plus arrived and hour ago!

    Awsome! You won't be dissapointed. It took me a little while to get up to speed but after reading a bunch of Nuts & Volts columns, reading some of Al Williams text and then Gunther's book it all started to make sense.

    Have fun,
    Andrew
  • nick bernardnick bernard Posts: 329
    edited 2005-09-22 15:00
    wow! i did not know that sx pro kit existed!
    what version of gunther's book comes with the Pro kit? http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=45182
    i heard theres a new edition on the horizon and was curious if it was out yet.

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  • Guenther DaubachGuenther Daubach Posts: 1,321
    edited 2005-09-22 15:11
    Nick,

    the second edition is still the most recent one. I'm constantly working on a new edition but so many new things came up in the meantime, like SX/B, SXSim, the PDB, etc. So I simply don't have enough time to get the new edition ready before Parallax runs out of stock with the current print. Therefore, there will be a re-print of the 2nd edition to give me some more time to get the 3rd edition out of the door.

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  • nick bernardnick bernard Posts: 329
    edited 2005-09-22 17:59
    thanks guenther

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