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Re: HB for science project?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:00:02 GMT
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Will <nepenthe@montana.^antispam^com>
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"J.M. Mongeau" wrote:
> Recently, I have been thinking about using a HandyBoard for my science
> project in High School. My project will involve the writing of algorithms,
> and I was planning on programming in C. I have been using the Basic Stamp II
> (www.parallaxinc.com) for awhile, however, since it uses Basic language, I
> don't think it is really a good choice (Is Basic any good for programming
> high- level algorithms?..I never really used Basic for complex algorithms).
> However, the price for the handy board is fairly expensive and I don't think
> I can afford it right now. So my question is: Are there any other PICs that
> use C language and that are approximately < $150? If yes, could you please
> send me more information. Thank you very much.
I'm afraid that I'm not qualified to recommend any PICs, but I do know about programming. Basic can be used to implement fairly complex algorithms, but it's not easy to use it for the really tricky data structures, and it would be almost impossible to do object oriented programming (OOP) in Basic (i.e., encapsulation, inheritance & polymorphism, etc.).
C is not a very good language for OOP, either, although it is quite a lot more powerful and expressive than Basic. There's really nothing that can't be done with C, if you have plenty of time to chase down bugs =%o The HB is really ideal for science projects -- if you can afford it.
I have heard of new micro-controller processors with Java interpreters on board. Java is about the easiest OOP language there is and also very powerful. I don't know how much the new Java micro-controllers cost, or if they're even available yet. You could check out Sun's Java page (www.javasoft.com) for more info. Best of luck!
-- Will
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| I forget the web page, but I did find a JAVA compiler for the HB online! It looks great! I havent had a chance to experiment with it yet, but it uses much less memory then IC and appears to be very powerful, might want to look for that. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hello, Recently, I have been thinking about using a HandyBoard for my science project in High School. My project will involve the writing of algorithms, and I was planning on programming in C. I have been using the Basic Stamp II (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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