basicStamp - Director interfacing

blacktom

Hello all.

I am using the EZIO board with director to develop interactive tangible interfaces. BTW (as someone erroneously posted someplace here), Director does not have access to the serial port, at least after version 6.5. Nevertheless, I am using a third-party plug-in (a.k.a. xtra), the DirectComm xtra with success, even developed an on-line meteorological sensoring system with multiple distributed stations (it was an assignment).

Now, my problem is this: EZIO is good, but I need more... So I am thinking on switching to BasicStamp. But, I am totally unaware of how the BasicStamp can communicate with Director. What I need is read A2d ports, read digital ins, write digital outs, perhaps write to a2d outs, and write to PWM outs. And some-easy-to-interface sensors.

Will BasicStamps do the job??

Thomas

Jon Williams

Sure, if you program it to do that. The BASIC Stamp is a general-purpose controller and will do what you tell it to do. You'll need to add an A2D that matches your needs, but the BASIC Stamp is capable of connecting to these devices; we do it all the time. For communications with Director you would use SERIN and SEROUT and develop a protocol that works on either end.

This article may help you: http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol3/col/nv89.pdf

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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax