> On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:26 AM, rtstofer wrote:
>
>
>> 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.
>
>
Oh man, isn't that the truth! Heck it would have been great to have
this stuff when I was in high school! My six year old just doesn't
understand that when I was his age, there were no home computers at all.
DLC
> --
>
> Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori
> brian AT gbmontessori DOT com 9330 Sierra College Blvd.
> +1.916.367.2131 (voice) Roseville, CA 95661, USA
>
http://www.gbmontessori.com
>
> I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
> — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
>
> PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C
> PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
--
------------------------------------------------------
Dennis Clark ooPIC Tech Support
www.oopic.com
------------------------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oopic/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oopic/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:oopic-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:oopic-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
oopic-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
No comments:
Post a Comment