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New Robot Product - BASIC Platform

Hi

Just got an email from parallax.com saying they have a robot product called the Scribbler for USD $89. If you are into BASIC programming:

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( I prefer C, but it's good to be multilingual ) then this looks like excellent value. It has a nice look to it, adequate sensors, a BASIC Stamp II MCU, and even stall sensors.

For younger roboteers,it has a programming paradigm analagous to that of standard Lego Mindstorms.

Looks like a great package, considering you get programming IDE, in-circuit programming, MCU and robot platform. I expect there is excellent support and info for this product, as with parallax's other products.

Overall, I think it is a package hard to beat for the beginning hobby roboteer or for schools.

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Cheers

Dale

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Dale Stewart
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Replace that Basic Stamp with a BasicX Stamp [

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] and you wil have a far superior system...

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Guy Macon

Dale Stewart wrote in news:42e71aba$ snipped-for-privacy@dnews.tpgi.com.au:

Looks like a good package.

I'm curious, what do you mean by a "programming paradigm"?

Joe

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joecoin

Hi Joe

Maybe I should have replaced that with "programming model". Wiith Lego Mindstorms programming language, the programmer clicks on and drags code components to form a program. This assists kids, or even beginners to learn programming. The Scribbler uses a similar model. Alternatively, it can be programmed in BASIC.

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Cheers

Dale

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Dale Stewart

Dale Stewart wrote in news:42e98caa$1 @dnews.tpgi.com.au:

Dale,

OK, thanks for the clarification.

Joe

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joecoin

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