>
> I have written programs that function perfectly, do none of the
> things Andrew mentioned, and STILL get it into the 'cosmic wedgie'
> state.
>
> That's why the first executable statement should ALWAYS be something
> like OOPic.Delay = 500. Following reset, while the OOPic is
> executing the 5 second delay (on V5, use 5000 on V6), it is possible
> for the IDE to get control via SCP.
>
> Lacking the delay, if the chip gets jammed up, the only way to
> program it is to remove the EEPROM, attempt a download which will
> detect the absence of the EEPROM and pop a dialog box, reinstall the
> EEPROM with power ON (!) and then restart the download.
OK, I dig. Thank you. So far neither I nor any of the kids have
managed to get an OOPic into that state but I am sure we will manage.
I will introduce that idea into my tutoring sessions on the OOPic.
(The regular classes written around the Basic Stamp 2 and the BoeBot
but the kids are gravitating toward the MarkIII and the OOPic.)
BTW, I have one girl (6th grade) who has been asked to be on TV for
her science fair project. She has a MarkIII tied to her Apple laptop
with a bluetooth link. She has a short program that uses the speech
recognition on the MacBook to generate 1-letter command codes which
are then sent to the MarkIII via bluetooth RS232 interface. The OOPic
program in the MarkIII then executes the functions associated with the
command letter. It is simple with commands like, "forward," "back,"
"left," "right," "stop," etc., but it works.
It is pretty cool and I wasn't sure she was going to get it done in
time. It is working with a cable and I have been troubleshooting the
Bluetooth RS-232 (hence my questions about SCP port baud rate). We
should see it running free this week sometime.
I wish we had this stuff back when I was in 6th grade.
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