thanks for the info.
Though i think my main problem is that 90% of the gear is designed that you code a chip or write some scripts in the bundled software to get your bots to do certain things and perhaps react in a certain way. If a = 1 and b = 2 then do x,y,z (meaning your robots can only do a dozen or so things, albeit in clever ways ) Thats not what im after. Though it would be very handy to write scripts or small progs in basic that can be uploaded to the chip. I still need to trigger when or how the scripts or program store on the chip run.
Option A
Now if i could send a simple command , eg "code 16" from my own basic program that would trigger a script to run that i had written earlier (in the bundled software that came with the board/chip) THAT would be really usefull. I'm sure this has been done before, i just need to find out how and what with.
Ill proly have to add some code to the bundled software that comes with the hardware so i can break out and talk to my brain software, and vice verse break out of my brain software so it can talk to the bundled software and pass it some paramaters
[mybrainsoftware.exe] output to [mytranslator] simple output to {bundledsoftware} output to port >board >servo = servo move
Q can that be done with the stamp kit ?
Option B
get my brainsoftware to send a simple command directly to some port that would trigger a particular script i had pre programmed , the chip on the board then moves the servo so so
[mybrainsoftware.exe] output to [mytranslator] simple output to port >board >servo = servo move
Q can that be done with the stamp kit ?
sorry for the 20 questions in advance, This is all new to me. (im using windows XP btw) .The brainsoftware is some half a million ! lines of code so rewriting it and trying to squeeze it into some bundled software tied to a limited array of hardware options is a non event. It is designed to stand remote, take input from an infinate array of sensors and output to an infinite number of hardware devices , which are bolted on as required. The brainsoftware is more like an operating system than any traditional program.