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Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:58:10 GMT
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Jonathan Perret <jperret@cybercableAVOIDSPAM.fr>
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> Hi
> I am a little bit curious as to why there seems to
> be such a lack of interest in the Parallax Basic Stamp
> and its new high powered alternative the Basicx.
What I've always wondered about the Basic Stamp is why anyone would
want to use Basic to program an microcontroller.
I love Basic but when coding for a robot I want to take full
advantage of the hardware, and that means programming it in Forth
or C. There isn't anything you can do in Basic that you can't do
by programming the firware yourself.
The same goes for NQC or orther tools relying on the standard Lego
firmware. Why people insist on using the Lego firmware when it
imposes completely artificial limitations on things you can do in
your programs ?
I don't mean to say that NQC is not an outstanding tool, I just
don't understand why people who are ready to mess with electronics
to build homemade sensors don't take the plunge and code directly
to the metal...
Confused,
--Jonathan
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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| The reason I use NQC and have not gone to legOS is related to the rest of my life. I am a software consultant - I write programs all day long. I prefer to focus on the mechanical aspect of robotics instead of the programming. So far NQC has not (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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| (...) Hi Jonathan good to hear from you. I think the reasons that people are tempted to use a Basic programmable microcontroller are :- ()familiarity with the language structure and syntax ()speed with which you can develop and debug software as (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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| (...) Let me give you my reasons: right now, legOS is difficult to set up and get running (at least 0.2.2 from W98), while I experience Forth a little "strange" yet (= a totaly different metaphor, it takes time to adjust to it). Adding to that, it (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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