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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 16:19:27 GMT
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Christian Jacobsen <xtian@net-^Spamcake^collect.com>
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Hi Jeremy,
I am replying to the whole list because I think others may want to comment
on my comments. (Is that recursive? :-)
> ()I don't quite understand where you get the $500 for a robot based on the
> Basicx-24. The way I see it the price is $99 for the chip, Demo-Board,
> cable and software.(for an even more cost effective price buy the • basicx-24
> Download the sofware from the web site and make your own serial cable)
I got the price from Chris Harriman, the builder of Fluffy and Fluffy2, two
walking robots on the BasicX website.
Admittedly, Fluffy2 is an aggressive project. It is a 6-legged walker, with
a human-tracking, scanning heat sensor.
However, you still need to purchase motors, build a platform (out of
something), buy servos, and (in the case of Fluffy) buy the walker itself.
> ()You can still use Lego parts for the main structure, no need for using • other
> materials.
True...I am sure that some combination of BasicX kit parts and LEGO parts
could do the job....as long as you knew every parameter of the final project
at the outset.
> ()As for having to learn Basic. You might actually find that for any • project
> more than something simple, the Mindstorms software is actually more • difficult
> to use, one of the reasons most people seem to use the excellent NQC.
I fully expect to switch to NQC or (more likely) pbForth within a couple of
months of using my new RCX heavily. But having an established, limited,
projet-oriented environment like the MindStorms kit to start with will get
me throught the initial "clumsy" stages much more quickly than starting with
BasicX.
I expect that I will always use MindStorms as my prototyping platform, and
then do the "heavy" work in a BasicX kind of environment.
Thoughts? Comments?
- Christian
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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| Hi Christian Glad to hear you've "taken the plunge" and bought a Lego Mindstorms Kit. It really is an incredible amount of fun (My wife thinks Ive bought it for my son). One or two quick points:- ()I don't quite understand where you get the $500 for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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