basic stamp microcontroller

Louis Bybee wrote:
I'm not quite sure. The people that delivered the smelter were in a big
hurry to leave, and it was dark at the time so I could'nt ask too many
relevant questions.

On one end there is an opening marked "Inpoot" in rather unprofessional
lettering with a black "magic marker". The other end has a hole with the
legend "Yep, it comes out here!" also with the same type of lettering. In
the middle there is a smaller box with instructions to connect to the "Flux
Generator". Now I'm not normally the suspicious type, but if it had been
daylight I might have questioned whether I received appropriate value for
the money I paid after observing the less than confidence inspiring
lettering, poor spelling, lack of instructions, and the fact that this
smelter was constructed from black painted cardboard joined with duct tape.

Please forward suitable instructions ASAP. I'm sure my suspicions will turn
out to be unfounded as they seemed like nice, and sincere people. Also they
repeatedly assured me that I would have it up, and running in no time at
all! That's funny? I just tried calling the phone number they gave me, and
it appears to be assigned to a dry cleaners? :-]

Thank you.

Louis
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Well, all that aside,

Is there an ON/OFF switch ??

Or at least ON......

Plug it in, give it a go. :)


Hamilton

PS: I am sure these blokes were all right. You know when
englich is not their native language, they may be OK after all.
 
"hamilton" <hamilton@deminsional.com> wrote in message
news:3fe8d854$1_2@omega.dimensional.com...
Louis Bybee wrote:
I'm not quite sure. The people that delivered the smelter were in a big
hurry to leave, and it was dark at the time so I could'nt ask too many
relevant questions.

On one end there is an opening marked "Inpoot" in rather unprofessional
lettering with a black "magic marker". The other end has a hole with the
legend "Yep, it comes out here!" also with the same type of lettering.
In
the middle there is a smaller box with instructions to connect to the
"Flux
Generator". Now I'm not normally the suspicious type, but if it had been
daylight I might have questioned whether I received appropriate value
for
the money I paid after observing the less than confidence inspiring
lettering, poor spelling, lack of instructions, and the fact that this
smelter was constructed from black painted cardboard joined with duct
tape.

Please forward suitable instructions ASAP. I'm sure my suspicions will
turn
out to be unfounded as they seemed like nice, and sincere people. Also
they
repeatedly assured me that I would have it up, and running in no time at
all! That's funny? I just tried calling the phone number they gave me,
and
it appears to be assigned to a dry cleaners? :-]

Thank you.

Louis



Well, all that aside,

Is there an ON/OFF switch ??

Or at least ON......

Plug it in, give it a go. :)


Hamilton

PS: I am sure these blokes were all right. You know when
englich is not their native language, they may be OK after all.
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Well ok, but the switch looks rather make-shift.

<klunk>

Hmmmm.... So far so good...... Iron pellets are starting to come out.....
hey wait a minute, these are cardboard pellets painted dull orange, and hey
there is an auful lot coming out...... well I'll just turn it off.

<klunk - tear - crash>

Oh no! it broke, and it's still in the on position! Boy what am I going to
do with all this stuff? Oh-my-gosh! Someone stop it....... can't even see
the smelter now..... hey this isn't what I expected.....

Sure "just plug it in, give it a go" said you. Wow some help you were! Who's
going to clean up this mess? We were going to have the family over for
Christmas dinner.... now you can't even see the house....
Help..... anyone want a train load of pellets?

Who would of thought wanting to learn a little about Stamp Microcontrollers
would end up causing so much trouble? :-]

Louis
 
In reply to a radio transmission from hamilton(hamilton@deminsional.com) , located
at Mars:

Huugh, The stamp is a PIC. !!!!
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It's a "limited" PIC. !!!

--
ChaosŽ - posting from Brazil
wizard_of_HOT@hotmail.com
replace the horizontal output transistor[HOT] by 'yendor'
 
Use an IC socket and build each project _around_ the STAMP, use the project,
then remove the STAMP to develop a new project. This will keep the cost low
(only need one STAMP).

"Byron A Jeff" <byron@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message
news:bs30ma$hm4@cleon.cc.gatech.edu...
In article <%sYEb.27897$nY4.1861@news01.roc.ny>,
Russell Miller <rmiller@duskglow.com> wrote:
-larry wrote:
-
-> greetings
-
-> Is there a website that can teach a fairly new, but not beginner,
person
-> about the stamp microcontroller. I have been around electronics since
the
-> early 60's, so I am familiar with building, components ets.
-
-> I am looking for a webpage that can teach my the basics of the stamp
and
-> teach me the support hardware. Also how to load programs, develope
-> programs, etc.
-
-BASIC Stamps are very expensive. PICs are not. Perhaps you should
consider
-just using a PIC.

I'd like to expand on this. The Stamp presents quite a few features:

1) High Level Language support.
2) No separate programmer.
3) Lots of examples.
4) Lots of people using it.

So it's pretty easy to get started. However the downside occurs with
continuing use:

1) Each project requires a new stamp. It does get expensive.
2) It's slow. Very slow. Extremely slow. Slow enough to eventually get
into
your way on a project.
3) The Basic HLL has limitations.
4) You're limited to the hardware that Parallax happens to package.

So a bare PIC can offer you speed and flexibility while limiting your
overall
cost. However there is more initial setup in terms of a programmer and
figuring out how to program it.

Be sure to take a read of Wouter von Ooijen's getting started page. Also
his Wisp628 programmer is an excellent tool, in addition to the Jal
programming language. http://www.voti.nl

Also you can take a look at my PIC resources:
http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys

BAJ
-
---Russell
-
-> Larry
-
---
-Russell Miller
-Somewhere near Sioux City, Iowa
-Freelance computer programmer/administrator, pianist, and generally nice
-guy.
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In article <3fed2274_4@newsfeed.slurp.net>, fpd <post@here.net> wrote:
-Use an IC socket and build each project _around_ the STAMP, use the project,
-then remove the STAMP to develop a new project. This will keep the cost low
-(only need one STAMP).

That only works if you are in fact only building projects in order to build
projects. But the whole point is to build stuff to use. I currently have 3
active PIC based projects in the house:

1) A simple 16F84 basement light controller.
2) A homebuilt thermostat
3) A sunrise/sunset outside light controller.

Now explain to me how I can use a IC socket, build the project _around_ the
STAMP, then remove the STAMP when I need all three projects at the same time?

My recommendation is to use a bare PIC, a bootloader, and an HLL. You get
most of the advantages of the Stamp, and none of the liabilities.

BAJ

-
-"Byron A Jeff" <byron@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message
-news:bs30ma$hm4@cleon.cc.gatech.edu...
-> In article <%sYEb.27897$nY4.1861@news01.roc.ny>,
-> Russell Miller <rmiller@duskglow.com> wrote:
-> -larry wrote:
-> -
-> -> greetings
-> ->
-> -> Is there a website that can teach a fairly new, but not beginner,
-person
-> -> about the stamp microcontroller. I have been around electronics since
-the
-> -> early 60's, so I am familiar with building, components ets.
-> ->
-> -> I am looking for a webpage that can teach my the basics of the stamp
-and
-> -> teach me the support hardware. Also how to load programs, develope
-> -> programs, etc.
-> ->
-> -BASIC Stamps are very expensive. PICs are not. Perhaps you should
-consider
-> -just using a PIC.
->
-> I'd like to expand on this. The Stamp presents quite a few features:
->
-> 1) High Level Language support.
-> 2) No separate programmer.
-> 3) Lots of examples.
-> 4) Lots of people using it.
->
-> So it's pretty easy to get started. However the downside occurs with
-> continuing use:
->
-> 1) Each project requires a new stamp. It does get expensive.
-> 2) It's slow. Very slow. Extremely slow. Slow enough to eventually get
-into
-> your way on a project.
-> 3) The Basic HLL has limitations.
-> 4) You're limited to the hardware that Parallax happens to package.
->
-> So a bare PIC can offer you speed and flexibility while limiting your
-overall
-> cost. However there is more initial setup in terms of a programmer and
-> figuring out how to program it.
->
-> Be sure to take a read of Wouter von Ooijen's getting started page. Also
-> his Wisp628 programmer is an excellent tool, in addition to the Jal
-> programming language. http://www.voti.nl
->
-> Also you can take a look at my PIC resources:
-http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys
->
-> BAJ
-> -
-> ---Russell
-> -
-> -> Larry
-> -
 
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