Yeah, if you were a cool kid you had your solderless breadboard screwed to the top of a wooden cigar box, with a power supply, your parts and wires tucked...
I can figure out how to optoisolate the stamp for normal operations with a pair of 6N139's, but would like to be able to have the capability of reprogramming...
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Trkeenan@...
Mar 1, 2003 1:33 pm
I am looking for a transmitter and receiver module to use with my stamps. I would like to communicate with my robot using these. In the past I used the RF...
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Newzed@...
Mar 1, 2003 2:01 pm
In a message dated 03/01/2003 08:35:07 Eastern Standard Time, ... Take a look at the TWS/RWS modules at www.rentron.com. I have two of these and they work...
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Chris Loiacono (E-mail)
chris01@...
Mar 1, 2003 2:56 pm
... Tim: Do you still have 'em? If you do I'll give a few bucks for 'em - I'm interested in discovering the differences between types. I have used the ones...
Damn Rodent you are an old man. I started out in school with a plastic slide rule. It was a long time before Dad let me use his cool Picket. Us poor kids...
rentron.com also has Linx modules (TXLC/RXLC). They work pretty good as well. (I also got the whip antennas they sell). Generally if your looking for...
... The generic IBM punch card was known as a 5081 ! Here I thought I was the only one who remembered such ancient things. I managed to wangle a yellow and...
I actually just missed punch cards in college -- everything was still formatted for the punch-card layout, but done on a terminal. In high school, we had an...
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goflo@...
Mar 1, 2003 3:30 pm
Cigar boxes are still to be had, if you don't mind parting with a bundle for the stogies :) Picketts were mostly aluminum IIRC - Dad did'nt work for GD, so I...
There is a restaurant around here somewhere (Dallas / Fort Worth) that has a giant Pickett slide rule hanging from the ceiling. These were the ones that hung...
Yeah, but back when, $5 for a box of cigars got you a wooden box. Now a package of $5 each cigars usually nets you a cardboard box. Some of the local shops...
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smartdim@...
Mar 1, 2003 3:38 pm
In a message dated 3/1/2003 7:32:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... What is a slide rule? Just kidding, I am 43 y.o. but fortunately (i think) we had calculators...
The answer to that question is "it depends". What is the transfer function that describes the output of the transducer vs its input? You may be able to do a...
1083 posted March 01, 2003 08:20 AM ... I have a project before me that needs to use the internet to send and receive data to my basic stamp. The final...
Basic stamp and Internet connection. Have a look at the excellent StampPlot site. http://www.selmaware.com/stampplot/ Stuart [Non-text portions of this message...
Slide rules? Not enough precision. My college numerical analysis class used Frieden mechanical calculators, with an entry handle like an old cash register....
... Hi On day I salvage 2 LB1630 fron a robot toy. Low-Saturation Bidirectional Motor Driver for Low-Voltage Applications LB1630 is a 8 pins IC build by Sanyo ...
A non computer solution would be to use SitePlayer from http://www.siteplayer.com. If you do have a computer where you want to connect to, the netporter from ...
I would check out PacTec at http://www.pactecenclosures.com. I have purchased an enclosure from them before. They have over 350 off the shelf enclosures, as...
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Jonathan Peakall
jpeakall@...
Mar 1, 2003 10:48 pm
Hi All, I am looking for information about using a Motorola Oncore GT Plus with a B2SX. I looked around and couldn't find any hookup information. I think I ...
I don't know why I thought of this last night, but..... In the ancient past, two competitors would write programs that would flip a bit in the other guy's...
You could simulate this game using only 1 Stamp connected to N switches (or a keypad). Two players would take turns flipping switches, or entering a keypad...
Jonathan- I can recommend: http://www.synergy-gps.com/TRM_ch3.pdf for connection info. Using the pin numbering scheme shown on page 3.6, I used the module's...
I just bought a basic stamp 2sx integrated chip (without any board like the board of education). I tried hooking testing it out by putting it on a breadboard...
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Newzed@...
Mar 2, 2003 1:00 am
In a message dated 03/01/2003 19:57:25 Eastern Standard Time, ... If you are plugging your serial cable into a DB9 female connector which is connected to you...
do you mean pins 6 and 7? I'm just connecting the wires from my db9 cable to the breadboard by plugging the wires directly into the breadboard. ... board ... ...
