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FIGURE 12-2 The BoeBot from Parallax, Inc. (courtesy of Parallax, Inc.) FIGURE 12-3 Parallax’s new Basic Stamp module called the BS2p. (courtesy of Parallax, Inc.) Chapter 12: Robot Brains 265 Most Basic Stamp units come in 24-pin, dual-inline packages (see Figure 12-3). They can be plugged into a prototyping board, and a 9-volt battery is all that is needed to supply power to the unit. With some wire and a few resistors and capacitors, you can be up and running with your first Basic Stamp application.
266 Build Your Own Combat Robot To program a Basic Stamp microcontroller, you will need a PC that runs Windows or DOS. The language is relatively simple for most of us to learn, because it is based on the BASIC computer language. Parallax had to make a few modifications to the language to make it work with Parallax products, but it is quite easy to learn and get up to speed with. BrainStem FIGURE 12-4 BrainStem microcontroller (courtesy of Acroname, Inc.) The BrainStem, by Acroname, Inc., is a new microcontroller board that has entered into the robotics community. This miniature microcontroller has been showing some really unique capabilities. Table 12-1 lists some of its specifications. The programming language used is called TEA, or Tiny Embedded Application, which is almost identical to the industry-standard ANSI C. This microcontroller is shown in Figure 12-4. It has some interesting features that are not found on other microcontrollers, including four dedicated radio controlled (R/C) servo ports. Thus, without any special programs, you can control four different servos, or four different electronics speed controller (ESCs). It also has a built-in port for controlling the Sharp GP2D02 Infrared range sensor. The BrainStem has software library support for Java, C, and C++ on Microsoft’s Windows systems, and the PalmOS, MacOS, and Linux computer operating systems.
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Current Ratings, 129 How It All Wor
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Introduction Some kids spend their
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About the Authors xv About the Auth
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