What can I do with PINK?
I've seen the ads for the PINK from Parallax.· What does it do?
I've read the documentation, but still a bit fuzzy on how it all "fits".
Is there a Nuts & Volts article about how to use it·(with working code and hardware)?
What has anyone on this forum done with it?
For example, is this possible? Say I have several Stamps on different part of a building (or across several buildings), a BS2 communicate to another Stamp (give & receive commands for example to turn on/off relay)?
I'm a bit fuzzy on Internet & microcontrollers, so please help me understand what is possible.
Thank you.
I've read the documentation, but still a bit fuzzy on how it all "fits".
Is there a Nuts & Volts article about how to use it·(with working code and hardware)?
What has anyone on this forum done with it?
For example, is this possible? Say I have several Stamps on different part of a building (or across several buildings), a BS2 communicate to another Stamp (give & receive commands for example to turn on/off relay)?
I'm a bit fuzzy on Internet & microcontrollers, so please help me understand what is possible.
Thank you.
Comments
This site is all about php and what it does and what you can do with it. http://www.php.net. It also has alot of tutorials to get you started. Hope this sheds some light on PHP.
Matt
Does PHP mean Phooey-Help-Phooey? It looks to me like you have to know quite a bit to use it. I can program BasicStamps, but HTML is another huge task that I haven't yet mastered.
I went to the site and cannot begin to find an entry point for understanding the concept. Tremendously about of jargon. I think Wikipedia will be more helpful for most beginners.
Please forgive the sarchasim. I am sure you understand PHP and find the site useful. But it may just be too much for the average beginner.
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"If you want more fiber, eat the package.· Not enough?· Eat the manual."········
This is true the PHP site is a little daunting to navigate and somewhat scary to someone new to PHP but if PHP is what PINK uses then that site is best informative site on PHP to go to in my opinion.
basicstampede,
Here is the link to Wikipedia on PHP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP if you want to get an idea of what PHP is about.
-Matt
its very simple php is.... just getting the hosting for it is money because geocities doesnt offer it for free. PHP is a language for making website forms and things like that. I once hacked a game and make an entire point system that they never had out of PHP by sending data to it like this
www.site.com/play.php?tank=Kevin&shot=1
the php then played it out and decided what to do with it, the game actually took the script from me for thier own use in the game. you need to learn html before jumping into php because php is a html addon, goto the website i have listed its got videos which worked out great when i started about 7 years ago. have fun!
I am just beginning to learn HTML [noparse][[/noparse]extreme beginning]. The code looks very similar. Still, it points out where one should begin.
Thanks.
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"If you want more fiber, eat the package.· Not enough?· Eat the manual."········
As far as PINK goes, php is not the scripting language you would use with pink as it is serverside, javascript is appropriate as it is interpreted by the browser. Here is a simple snip I came up with a while ago, press a button and the value of nb_01 is displayed.· I have some more I will post up when I get home from the trip I am on.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function disp_var()
{
alert("<Nb_var01>")
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" onclick="disp_var()" value="Display Nb_01 Value">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Ryan Clarke
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RClarke@Parallax.com
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com