[oopic] Re: supported compiler platforms

You should visit Trossen Robotics (www.trossenrobotics.com) and see
about entering your class' project in their bi-monthly robotics
contest. Prizes (apart from the glory) include store credits towards
many good components. They are NOT limiting entries to bots assembled
from THEIR parts, any kind of bot is eligible.
This could help defray the (often considerable) cost of running the
class, and they are also very helpful with many different areas of
expertise among the users, from CNC machining to programming to humor.

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6rqn@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 5:35 AM, mgt6910 wrote:
>
> > Brian,
> > Have you looked at the Arduino ? Everything is open source(the
> > harware design is released under Creative Commons license), and
the
> > IDE(Java)runs on Linux,Mac and Windows. It is based on the
Atmega168.
> > See www.arduino.cc
>
> Thank you but no. Right now I am focused on using the BS2, the
> Propeller, and the OOPic. *I* might like to try something else but
I
> have to let my students proceed down one path for awhile. Parallax
has
> been supremely supportive of our program and I cherish that
> relationship. They are only a couple of miles from us and they
have
> been very kind to allow my students to wander by and pester the
> engineers for ideas and suggestions.
>
> But the kids like the OOPic and the object model, especially when
> first transitioning from the pictures-based GUI they started with.
I
> try to introduce the concepts and constructs of procedural
programming
> before I jump into the forest-obscuring "trees" of the syntax of a
> programming language. Remember, I am working with 10-14 year-old
kids.
> They are doing amazing things when you consider that.
>
> Brian Lloyd
> Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl
> brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661
> +1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.791.912.8170 (fax)
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