graphing with the Basic Stamp

HankMN

Hello All,

Just wondering if anyone has ever made a program that would graph inputs for you?
Basically I want to be able to input multiple values for x and y and I need to have some sort
of display for it. Sorry for the bad graphic [noparse]:)[/noparse] Anyone know of a tutorial for this or has code
I can learn from?

i.e.
6|
5|
4| x x
3| x x x
2|
1|
|

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Martin Hebel

What type of display were you looking to use? You can either use StampPlot, which allows the use of X-Y coordinate for drawing, plotting, circles, arcs, etc. www.selmaware.com

or you can use Excel and PLX-DAQ to graph X-Y. (google it, hard for me to link to right now)

You need to define more - how are you going to imput? For a display, do you want other than a PC? What overall are you trying to accomplish.

-Martin

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HankMN

I need something with a real time refresh. I will be using inputs from that ultrasonic sensor to make a "radar" which will us it's
inputs to make a graphic visual of whats in front of it. I would most likely prefer something that can refresh seeing how I'll have
a servo motor moving non stop.

Martin Hebel

Either StampPlot or PLX-DAQ would be a good fit. With StampPlot, look at the help files on drawing lines. With PLX-DAQ you simply need to send it couple values, then have it chart the data in the way you want it. Both are real-time and can be cleared from the Stamp.

Also, both have good help files and examples to get you start. And both are FREE!
-Martin

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skylight

Both downloadable free from Parallax's own website: http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_basic_stamp.asp

LSB

If you are looking at a mobile solution, using an LCD, then theres a pretty cool example in the accelerometer mini projects section stickied to the Stamps In Class forum. The example shows how to plot on a four quantrant X-Y grid, but much of the concept is the same.

Steph Lindsay

Also under the Stamps in Class Mini Projects is a radar-style display for the servo-mounted Ping))) sensor on a Boe-Bot, using the Debug Terminal in the BASIC Stamp Editor:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=590115

Stephanie Lindsay
Editor, Parallax Inc.