hot battery! Basic Stamp 2 Detected but not responding!

J.

I know, it sounds bad - and I think it probably is. I've been using the Basic Stamp on my Board of Education all semester. Now suddenly it is "not responding" when it has a brand new battery attached to it. I'm using MAC BS2 on a Powerbook Pro... and did I mention that my project is due in two weeks?

BS2 tells me "Basic Stamp 2 detected but not responding." Meanwhile the unit is switched on, attached by appropriate cable to my computer, and battery is getting very hot!

However, I am remaining calm and optimistic. This leads me to my next question:

Is there any information on this site about using the daisy mp3 player with Basic Stamp?

Thanks so much!

J.

Mike Green

1) Why do you have a short circuit somewhere? Why else would the battery get hot and the Stamp not respond?

2) What's a daisy mp3 player? I've never heard of it (nor any notion of using it with a Stamp). What do you know about it?

J.

OK, so your one of your questions helped me figure out why the Basic Stamp wasn't working - it must have been because of some wiring I had done in bread board. As far as the daisy mp3 player - it is a wonderful thing - I'm still searching for some sample code that works with it.

http://www.makezine.com/daisy/

Thanks for your help!

J.

J.

Hi again,

Mike, I realized I didn't completely answer your question about what I know about the daisy mp3 player device and how I want to use it.

I am using a humidity/temperature sensor to trigger sound. Depending on the humidity and temperature, I want to trigger one of five sound files. The daisy mp3 can be used in this way.

So far my code can measure the humidity and temperature and then debug written phrases - now I just need to make it trigger the sound files instead of the debug messages. I have not found samples of BS2 code that use the daisy mp3 in this way though I know it must be out there. There's some instruction that came with the device but not samples of code.

Nor have I been able to find examples of how to physically connect these two devices.

Thanks Mike and anyone else who can help.

J.

sdy

Hi J, That looks pretty cool. Did you download the manual?: http://www.walrus.com/~raphael/mp3/Daisy_mp3/instructions_daisy.pdf

On the last page, it goes over it's serial modes. Looks like you'll use the Basic commands SEROUT & SERIN to talk to daisy. From the picture, it looks like there's two pins on the end, in a box labeled SER with an I and an O. I assume that's serial in & serual out. Basic stamp SEROUT to the Ser I pin, basic stamp SERIN from the SER O pin.

J.

Thanks for the pointers! I do have the manual but you've helped me understand it better. Thank you!

I'll report back over the next few weeks to let you know how it's going and how it turns out.

J.