Help moving from Homework Board to Real World
Tanoshimi
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I purchased a kit from Radio Shack that contained a book and the Homework Board with integrated BASIC Stamp.· I created the project I wanted to do, but don't want to put my expensive Homework board into the device, as it's bound to take some pounding.· Can i just buy a Board of Education and a Stamp, load my software onto it, then incorporate that into a Printed Circuit Board with the other necessary components?· As you can tell, I am new at this.· Been a programmer for years, and can do almost anything in that department, but need help with the electronics.· Here's the project I did:
Basically, it's a popup target for use at a rifle range (hence not wanting the Homework board in there).· There are two buttons, Add and Accept.· Pressing the Add button increments the difficulty level (which is displayed on an LCD or 7 pin LED) for Player 1, which goes from·0 to 5, then loops back around.· Pressing Accept locks it in and allows you to set the Difficulty level for Player 2, with zero indicating no Player 2.··A servo raises and lowers the target(s), with pauses·based upon the difficulty level selected.· A dual state LED indicates whether to shoot or not (simulating a terrorist/hostage target).· Two LED's indicate whether Player 1 or Player 2 is shooting.· The target falls on a button when hit.· If the target falls prior to being brought down with the servo (there's a mechanical collapsing target), the score is adjusted.· If the green light is lit a point is added, but if the red light is lit the score for that player is reduced to zero.· At the end of the round, the scores are displayed on LCD.· The Accept button resets all.
As I said, using the kit I have I was able to build a circuit and code to do all of the above.· Just not sure how to get that into a seperate, standalone unit i can use at the range.· If anyone wants to build this for me, I'd pay them for it (send a bid).· Otherwise, if someone can tell me how to move from the project board to the real world, I'd appreciate that.
-Tano
Basically, it's a popup target for use at a rifle range (hence not wanting the Homework board in there).· There are two buttons, Add and Accept.· Pressing the Add button increments the difficulty level (which is displayed on an LCD or 7 pin LED) for Player 1, which goes from·0 to 5, then loops back around.· Pressing Accept locks it in and allows you to set the Difficulty level for Player 2, with zero indicating no Player 2.··A servo raises and lowers the target(s), with pauses·based upon the difficulty level selected.· A dual state LED indicates whether to shoot or not (simulating a terrorist/hostage target).· Two LED's indicate whether Player 1 or Player 2 is shooting.· The target falls on a button when hit.· If the target falls prior to being brought down with the servo (there's a mechanical collapsing target), the score is adjusted.· If the green light is lit a point is added, but if the red light is lit the score for that player is reduced to zero.· At the end of the round, the scores are displayed on LCD.· The Accept button resets all.
As I said, using the kit I have I was able to build a circuit and code to do all of the above.· Just not sure how to get that into a seperate, standalone unit i can use at the range.· If anyone wants to build this for me, I'd pay them for it (send a bid).· Otherwise, if someone can tell me how to move from the project board to the real world, I'd appreciate that.
-Tano
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You can also be real adventurous and check out the OEM modules. You can buy the basic parts and assemble one or get the assembled OEM module (27290) $59 includes stamp.
Basic Stamp 2 Interpreter Chip
The Basic Stamp 2 Carrier Board is pretty cheap, but you still need a Basic Stamp to plug into it.
The Basic Stamp 2 OEM is an economical version of the BS2, but it won't plug directly into any of the boards designed for the 24 pin DIP form of the Stamp, which means more construction work.
It sounds like what you really need is a BS2 version of the Basic Stamp 1 Project Board, unfortunately there isn't one. Maybe you could convert your code over to the BS1?
You might also want to look into the Homebrew Basic Stamp Protoboard from Peter Anderson. He also has an eBay store with some other nifty stuff.
stores.ebay.com/PHAnderson-Electronics
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-Tano
That's basically the idea, regardless of the type of board that the circuit is built on.
That's how it works.
Actually, you could bypass the Homework Board and use the Protoboard from the beginning.
Also, once you have a Protoboard with it's socketed eeprom chip, you have a way to load your program into an eeprom (your program is stored in the eeprom, not in the interpreter chip) which you can then transfer to a very minimal (and cheap) OEM BS2 based circuit if you need to make multiple copies at the lowest cost.
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