January 2004
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
13h 33m
English
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If your project requires a controller, there are a number of ready-to-use
products on the market that allow you to use a high-level language to pro-
gram. These products typically require a connection to a power supply and
a programming cable connected to a PC.
Table C-1 shows a number of these ready-to-use controller boards. These
kits allow you to get small to medium amounts of code working very quick-
ly. I have used the BasicX and BasicStamp controllers for projects in this
book due to their ease of use.
Table C-1. Easy-to-use microcontrollers
Product Vendor
Programming
language Memory
BasicStamp Parallax Inc. (http://www.
parallaxinc.com)
Basic Up to 16K FLASH,
128 bytes RAM
BasicX NetMedia
(http://www.basicx.com)
Basic 32K FLASH,
400 bytes RAM
BasicAtom BasicMicro Inc.
(http://www.basicmicro.com)
Basic 2K FLASH,
300 bytes RAM
JavaStamp Systronics Inc.
(http://www.jstamp.com)
Java 512KB FLASH,
512KB RAM
C. Easy-to-Use
Microcontroller
Boards
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