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Unread 26-02-2003, 21:30
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I threw out the 2p as a suggestion. i really don't know the first thing about the 2p series. The basicX however is pin-for-pin compatible with the BS2SX and would require no reengineering of the robot controller whatsoever. As far as Parallax being a FIRST sponser... well i don't know enough about that to speak. I guess i am frusterated not by the limitations of the basic stamp but more by its simplicity though i respect that the control system needs to be simple enough for those without much programming experience to be able to write programs.




Hey you mentioned you are messinf around with Pic C and ASM. What compiler are you using. i have been thinking about messing w/pics but have not had the time.
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Although for many of you advanced programmers pbasic is rediculously simple to use, for someone with no programming experience its the perfect language. I had absolutely no experience programming before I started, I had never even looked at a program in code form prior to this. But I decided I wanted to program and as simple as the task may seem, it was quite an accomplishment for me to create my own code and learn how to use this simple language. In fact after 3 years of robotics, i'm still excited when I learn new commands or am able to improve my old codes. Had the program been in a different language I probably would have decided I didn't have the time to learn the language, nor the money or books to do so. I ask that people concider this, and that every year there are new teams who undoubtebly face the same problem, before jumping to a decision to make the programing language "better".
This is exactly why i point at hr BasicX it is still programmed in a form of basic which is almost identical to that of the current Basic Stamp. The basicX however has much more support for advanced functions such as a real time clock and floating point math, interrupts and much more. It also actually costs slightly less than the BS2SX.
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