Yay again, my XBee wireless boards fits and works in any of the 4 header locations... though I had to use 2 AppMod headers to clear that servo cap for horizontal mounting! See attached, looks like a lot of pins, but only·4 are dedicated - power, TX, RX, the other 6 are optional·.
It would have been interesting to have pinned it out so it would have lined up correctly with 30 and 31 so I could pulled the cord and used the wireless for comms using USB or wireless·without having to modify code...(comms, not programming)... well, could still use the smaller board and solder a header eslewhere and manually jumper to them. Hmmmm...
Can you make sure these get a UK/European distributor, stat!
I've had my fill of tax but these things are a must! I was going through the whole "but that's a waste of a propeller" rigmarole yesterday, these are cheaper than building circuits from logic chips in lots of cases once you sort out the voltage regulators etc.
Whoa, just in the nick of time. I placed my order earlier today at the sale price of $19.95. now I see the sale has ended, $24.95 from now on (unless you buy the 5 packs)
Lucky me, good thing I get paid on Wednesdays!
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Brian Meade
"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" - Edgar Poe
I received mine yesterday! and I've got to say, that's a nice board! I'd say the reason for the positive reviews is the fact that Parallax asked for our "wish list" while designing it.
I'll tell you, as I was gleaming with joy over my new toy, my son starting singing the "Hallelujah Chorus". Made me chuckle.
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Brian Meade
"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" - Edgar Poe
Hear hear.. I got my protoboards today and they definitely look good. These were mailed by Parallax 14th feb, so it took 1 week to get them overseas, might have been here sooner but I had to pick them up from Customs office (add 22% ...)
Got my 5 boards today.
Er,· check the pins when you put that VGA/Keyboard/mouse connector on.
Got to the last 3 pins to solder when I saw one was not in its hole, must have bent it over.
Serves me fight for soldering when tired and in a hurry to get one going.
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It would have been interesting to have pinned it out so it would have lined up correctly with 30 and 31 so I could pulled the cord and used the wireless for comms using USB or wireless·without having to modify code...(comms, not programming)... well, could still use the smaller board and solder a header eslewhere and manually jumper to them. Hmmmm...
Nice board Parallax!
-Martin
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StampPlot - GUI and Plotting, and XBee Wireless Adapters
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Electronic Systems Technologies
Plus I forgot to order a usb converter for the board... I'm soldering up another three transistor circuit tonite...
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www.mikronauts.com - a new blog about microcontrollers
Can you make sure these get a UK/European distributor, stat!
I've had my fill of tax but these things are a must! I was going through the whole "but that's a waste of a propeller" rigmarole yesterday, these are cheaper than building circuits from logic chips in lots of cases once you sort out the voltage regulators etc.
Graham
Lucky me, good thing I get paid on Wednesdays!
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Brian Meade
"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" - Edgar Poe
Jim C
But, yes, the Propeller ProtoBoards are beautiful.
Maybe, nerdism has set in.
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Harley Shanko
h.a.s. designn
I'll tell you, as I was gleaming with joy over my new toy, my son starting singing the "Hallelujah Chorus". Made me chuckle.
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Brian Meade
"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" - Edgar Poe
Er,· check the pins when you put that VGA/Keyboard/mouse connector on.
Got to the last 3 pins to solder when I saw one was not in its hole, must have bent it over.
Serves me fight for soldering when tired and in a hurry to get one going.
Gavin