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Components for learning SX with Al Williams and Gunther Daubauch books

Marky-MarkMarky-Mark Posts: 26
edited 2007-12-30 19:07 in General Discussion
Hi,
is there a list of components so that I can follow allong with the SX books?· I thought I would ask since I could not find a concise list of parts needed to use along with the SX lite kit. (or I totally missed where I can find it...)· Santa gave me an sx lite kit plus, but no other components and that makes it only half fun.


Thank you.

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  • ROBSCIXROBSCIX Posts: 23
    edited 2007-12-30 18:44
    IF we are talking about the same thing. I was also curious as to parts list for these examples and experiments. I just went through the *.PDF and made a list of the parts I needed for each experiment. Then find a nice discount shop for the parts...
    Hope this helps.
  • Guenther DaubachGuenther Daubach Posts: 1,321
    edited 2007-12-30 19:07
    Hi Mark,

    actually, I have never prepared a list of the parts you need to follow the examples in the book. When you have the SX Tool Kit Plus on hand, you've got the most important parts to get going: 2 SX28 Chips, 50 and 4 MHz resonators, the SX-Key and the SX Tech Board.

    To follow my book's tutorial, you would also need an LED (any color and size), and a resistor in the range from 330 to 560 Ohms as current-limiter for the LED, and you can use the SX Tech Board for "breadboarding" this LED circuit.

    Many of the other samples, expecially in the "Applications" section make use of a more complex hardware that can't be installed on the small breadboarding section on the SX Tech Board. You can always derive a list of parts you need for a sample from the schematic shown in the book. While writing the book, I used a larger breadboard to build the circuits for testing. You can find such larger breadboard parts at various vendors, like DigiKey. Also, the Parallax Professional Development Board is a real "Power Tool", as it comes with a pretty large breadboarding area, and many on-board peripheral components, you almost always need for testing a real project.

    BTW, you can test many SX applications without the need to build up the circuit at first place by using SXSim to simulate it on a PC.

    Have fun with the SX, and with my book!

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    Greetings from Germany,

    G
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