So tell me all the differences between the Activity Board and Homework Board(anyone)

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• Publison Posts: 12,366

  2013-12-19 13:08 edited 2013-12-19 13:08

  hapalua wrote: »

  I know that Activity Board uses the C language which I like and Homework Board uses PBasic which I have learned in school and beyond.

  
  Basically, the Activity board is Propeller based. Programmed with Spin, PASM, or C.
  
  Homework Board is BS2 based, programmable with Basic Stamp Tool only.
  
  Propeller has many more I/O pins, (up to 32, but conservatively 28), runs much faster, and has 8 cogs .
• Courtney Jacobs Posts: 903

  2013-12-19 14:44 edited 2013-12-19 14:44

  Hapalua,
  
  We try very hard to provide that kind of information on our product pages and on the Learn site if we can.
  
  I suggest looking at the following product pages and their product guide downloads:
  
  http://www.parallax.com/product/555-28188
  http://www.parallax.com/product/32910
  
  As well as this page from our brand new Teach section on Learn:
  
  http://learn.parallax.com/teach/microcontroller-education-board-options
  
  These areas should give you most of the general differences and similarities you are seeking; asking for an explanation of everything is a bit too broad for people to answer easily or quickly on the forums.
  Happy reading!
• RDL2004 Posts: 2,554

  2013-12-20 08:47 edited 2013-12-20 08:47

  One thing to note is that the Homework Board can only be powered by a 9 volt battery. The Activity Board has a regular DC input jack and can also use USB for power.
• erco Posts: 20,261

  2013-12-20 10:25 edited 2013-12-20 10:25

  Alternatively, you can power a HW board by feeding regulated 5V into the Vdd terminal (which, with some hacking, could be obtained from a USB cable).