Thursday, March 20, 2008

Re: [oopic] Re: Where to begin?

Wow, I should vacuum seal mine as a collector's item! Even better would
to sell it to someone who could make use of it, I don't use mine much
anymore. Try Amazon.com, about $100.

matt

rtstofer wrote:
>
>
> Knowing that there is a book is helpful if you can find one. It is
> out of print and the used copy on www.alibris.com sells for $291.09 -
> ABSOLUTELY INSANE!
>
> So, get the sample programs from the Mark III group, study them, think
> about what they do and then ask questions. The one you want is
> msmarkiii.osc by Pete Skeggs.
>
> It is regrettable that the V5 documentation has gone away because it
> will match the samples better than V6. OTOH, V6 seems to work pretty
> well with the B.2.2+ chip AFAICT.
>
> Read all the stuff at www.oopic.com
>
> Post questions here as our moderator (Dennis Clark) wrote the book and
> there are some knowledgeable people haunting this group.
>
> Richard
>
> --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oopic%40yahoogroups.com>, Matt
> Elias <m_elias@...> wrote:
> >
> > I recommend a book by Dennis Clark titled "Programming and Customizing
> > the OOPic Microcontroller". It explains a lot of the hidden quirks of
> > the OOPic that do not show up in the online documentation, otherwise
> the
> > online manual (www.oopic.com) is an excellent source as well. Those two
> > sources and this forum have been my main support, and then you need to
> > start doing some basic projects to get a feel for the programming and
> > interfacing techniques. Structure the test programs around what you
> will
> > actually want to implement on your robot.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Matt
> >
> > tom.ates wrote:
> > >
> > > We are highschool students working on building a Mark III Sumo-Bot for
> > > an advanced science class. We have never done programming or have any
> > > experience in building robots. We have purchased the kit - Mark III
> > > Complete Kit (OOPic Version) and are ready to get started. However, we
> > > aren't sure on how to go abouts beginning. We have printed out the
> Mark
> > > III User's Guide as recommended by a teacher. We're not familiar with
> > > this vocabulary and were wondering if anyone could help us out.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Tom Ates
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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