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From: arnoldr@mail.ralabs.com (Robert Arnold)
Subject: Re: Questions (Basic Stamp)
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:20:48 GMT
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:18:10 -0400, Don <edpubl@gate.net> wrote:

>Im just getting started in robotics and have no experience in it or
>electronics.  Right now I am just learning by a few books and the Net
>for fun.  I want to get into a club or something.  Does anyone know if
>there is one in the Central Florida area?  Anyways I bought the Basic
>Stamp 2 module and carrier board, and am having the hardest time to
>getting it to work.  I hooked it up to my IBM Aptiva (just in case this
>helps) with a RS-232C Cable (Male DB9 to Female DB9), with a 9volt
>battery.  Then I ran the Stamp 2 software that I downloaded from
>parallyx's (spelling?) web site.  I tried to download a program and it
>said "Hardware Not Found",  Ive tried everything to get this thing to
>work.  I am wondering if I put the chip in backwards or something but I
>tried both ways.  So if anyone can help me, thanx.
>

You may need to specify the serial port you're using to the editor
software. It defaults to com1 and doesn't check other com ports.


>Oh yeah, like I said I dont have much experience in electronics (I've
>read a few books), I was going to download the "Blink" program, which
>just flashes a LED. I forgot which pin it was but, if the Stamp did
>work, I would just put one end of the LED to the pin and the other to
>the ground of the battery?  
>
>Tyler
>

If you haven't done it already, get the documentation for the Stamps
frm the parallax web site. Sample programs are listed as application
notes along with schematics for the various projects.

                                                          Bob Arnold


