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Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« on: August 11, 2009, 03:44:37 AM »
Not a video but still pretty cool. ;D
Multi processor supercomputer built from basic stamp modules

http://www.robotinfo.net/penguin/supercomp.html

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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2009, 04:04:31 AM »
holy f*ck!
thats some snazzy looking super robot ;D
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2009, 06:10:09 AM »
that has to be coolest computer there is
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2009, 04:42:30 AM »
man, if i had 10 spare boards i would so do that!
although its not the most powerful computer... it would still be an awesome accessory to sit on your desk :P
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2009, 05:33:04 AM »
is it just me or are there ultrasonic sensorts mounted onto the third board fropm the desk that is for motion detection or something.
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2009, 05:47:45 AM »
yeah its a ping ultrasonic range finder. what its for i don't know tho. iv downloaded his source code and have been playing with it with my two open stamp boards. lol its a rather interesting network structure, way way ahead of what i came up with for my max project..

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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2009, 06:04:30 AM »
its interesting, the only thing i could see it being useful for is the communication between boards aspect (could make that over ir, or wifi) in which case you could have many robots distributed about, but, wired together i dont see the point, why not just use a better processor (takes up less space and would be more powerful)
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2009, 06:29:01 AM »
i think the idea was to show off the networking software perhaps. i agree that a better processor would be a way to go, but at the same time imagine doing this with 11 other chips that were really really fast. also with a wireless connection the multiple robots thing is rather cool. i hadn't thought of it like that before. this code could be used as a building block for a swarm bot program set perhaps..  Interesting. you got me thinking...

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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2009, 09:01:28 AM »
This has been done before but no video proof yet. I have seen this around 10 times, but just pictures so I don't believe it.
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2009, 06:18:30 PM »
yeah.     sadly i have been playing with the source code he posted, it doesent work...   >:(
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2009, 06:36:36 AM »
Quote from: Truckstop on August 16, 2009, 06:18:30 PM
yeah.     sadly i have been playing with the source code he posted, it doesent work...   >:(

Also, is it just me, or is it hooked up to the computer through the audio port? It looks like it, only wire from stamps to the computer I can see.
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Re: Basic Stamp Supercomputer
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2009, 06:08:05 PM »
lol . . .

I have a few hundred Axons just sitting around . . . maybe I should hook them up and call it a supa-computa ;D

this is the video:

My Basic Stamp Supercomputer!!!
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