things of importance to all of the user community.
1 - We are sad to say that Dennis Clark has moved on during this
transition phase for Savage Innovations. He will be missed, he wrote
the book afterall. I know that there are countless users that have
robots running around because of Dennis, myself included.
2 - All previous version of ooPic ie. S,R and C will be considered
legacy products at this time and will no longer be manufactured. In
addition we will be no longer supporting these items.
3 - All versions of the compiler will also go on the unsupported
legacy list.
We are doing this in order to concentrate on the new Pic 24 / 32
versions of our products that come with an all new compiler. As I
mentioned in my previous post, the ooBug is Pic 24 based and is using
the BioLab compiler right now. This is the basis for our new ooPics
and compiler.
Probably the coolest thing about the new compiler is the fact that if
you don't like how something works, you get to change it. Create new
objects, change old objects and import other users objects.
THe way it works in the BioLab version is that there is one main
class file full of all sorts of object details such as where they
work, how they work and what they work with. For a new user you
simply call the object, alter the properties and go. For the more
experienced, jump in and create an object that does what you want,
within the confines of the chip of course, and start using it.
Everything is now compiler side and not resident in the IC. No more
firmware updates and no more compiler downloads.
Yes, it will be USB and it does work on vista and XP machines, I am
writing code in another window on this vista machine as I type here.
Thank you for a lot of years of loyal flag wavin' support and we hope
you stay on long enough to see what we can do with some real
horsepower.
We have a limited supply of ooPic S, R and C boards in stock, get em'
while you can.
Ted
Savage Innovations
--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "theo570" <theo570@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello guys. Some of you know me some don't so we will fix that up
real
> quick.
>
> I am Ted, Scotts new partner at Savage Innovations and the ooBug
guy.
> Call me Ted or ... try not to use too many bad words.
>
> Compiler - Yes, we know we have got some work to do here. Please
> understand, we have been on a two year journey to get the ooBug out
the
> door as a test bed for a new ooPic and new compiler. Now that we
can see
> a little daylight we will try and address the larger problems.
>
> New ooPic? Did I hear that right? Yea... later this year we hope to
put
> out a new ooPic based on the Microchip Pic 24 family IC. We are
trying
> anyhow. Same basic board that runs the ooBug less the sensors and
motor
> driver. Pic 24 with a Pic 18 USB controller and of course the
Soundgin
> built in.
>
> For those that have not heard, we now make a robot. It is the ooBug
> based on the Pic 24 and Pic 18 USB controller. Soundgin, Object
Detect,
> Line Following, Light and Dark Sensing and more. Very expandable and
> easy to program with the BioLab software. If you are the dev type,
plug
> in your ICD2 and code away. All in a 3.25 dia (approx) package.
Check it
> out at oobug.com.
>
> If anyone would like to save us a bunch of time, compile a list of
> compiler complaints and post it here as a new topic. We will take
that
> and do what we can. Maybe put a few asterisks by the worst
offenders? It
> is appreciated.
>
> Ted
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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