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Title: Stuck!
Post by: retardme on January 01, 2009, 03:09:29 PM

Hi im a newbe to this and i dont have a clue so i saw the begginers tutorial i thought great read it a few times and thought seems ok then when it came to the buying stuff i had problems batteries cool yh can get them but then i came to the micrcontroller and i read the paragraph a few times to check and i thought yh ill go with the basic stamp went on to the list and clicked micro controller and get a list of website clicked a few with stamps by them and i looked through a few of these and couldnt find ones that had a motor driver or led's could anyone sugest a website anything please  :)

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: jamort on January 01, 2009, 03:23:01 PM

you need to clear that up for me do you mean that the microcontroller had a motor driver and you couldn't find any?

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: retardme on January 01, 2009, 03:39:47 PM

Im saying that i would like a stamp with a motor driver and LEDs to do the begginers robot

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: Webbot on January 01, 2009, 04:45:19 PM

See http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_parts_list.shtml (http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_parts_list.shtml) for parts.

You COULD use a Basic Stamp - but that is NOT what the $50 robot uses so the rest of the tutorial, and its software downloads, wont work.

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: paulstreats on January 01, 2009, 07:06:11 PM

And from what i heard about the basic stamp today - DO NOT USE IT EVER

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: SciTech02 on January 01, 2009, 07:44:40 PM

Quote from: paulstreats on January 01, 2009, 07:06:11 PM

And from what i heard about the basic stamp today - DO NOT USE IT EVER

My first robot used a basic stamp; granted it was a BOE-bot, but it worked fine for me.  Why would you not want to use it (has it got worse, since I used it)?

Anyway, if you're looking for something simple and compatible with the $50 robot, try airman00's Roboduino (I've heard very good things about it).  Everything's plug-and-play, for the most part; so it can't get much easier than that.  :)

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: retardme on January 02, 2009, 12:02:53 PM

could you suggest a website

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 02, 2009, 12:40:42 PM

This web site here basically holds your hands while walking through the $50 robot tutorial  ;)  Try reading the $50 robot tutorial again.

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: roboboy12 on January 02, 2009, 02:45:17 PM

well if you want a micro with a motor driver you should just get the micro controller and a motor driver instead.as for the leds  ???

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 02, 2009, 09:14:10 PM

All microcontrollers can control LEDs.. you just set the pin to high or low to turn the LED on or off.

Title: Re: Stuck!
Post by: jamort on January 03, 2009, 09:41:09 PM

from what i first read it sounded like he wanted all this stuff on one board pre-built and ready to go motor controller and leds already on the microntroller... just let me know if i am wrong