I like the idea of rolling my own "basic stamp". I've been meaning to give
STI-64 a try.  But I would like to see it use external SEEPROM.

Has anyone modified the code to do this yet??

John Mullan

-----Original Message-----
From:   Mike M [SMTP:elektrikman@DYNAMITEMAIL.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, November 04, 1999 6:16 PM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Re: BASIC STAMPS?

You have no idea how much time i put into learning the workings of the
basic stamp.  I still strongly feel that anyone that really knows
programming as well as electronics can pump out 10 of these for the price
of one Parallax basic stamp...anyway the basic idea is the user write their
code which is then downloaded to the onboard EEPROM 24lC32?..from there the
pic chip calls parts of the user code (wich is now turned into simple
opcodes that triger a "goto" within the preprogrammed PIC code) and thats
about the basics of it.  On board voltage regulators and what not...

MiKE

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 05:18:20 -0800 Darren King <darren.king@SYMPATICO.CA>
wrote:
>How do they work?  I was looking over a design on Circuit Celler online.
>The circuit was @
>http://www.chipcenter.com/circuitcellar/october99/c109tp1.htm
>
>They used a PIC16C57.  The included a serial link to program it...  Its
not
>a basic stamp is it?  Its all there to be built.  I can only assume the
chip
>is running some FIRMWARE for the basic stamp and then gets the program
>through the serial port and then runs it.  I'm really interested in this
>firmware can anybody tell me where to find it?  Or if I'm even on the
right
>track...
>
>Someone please explain cause the article assumed that I had loaded the
chip
>with the firmware already I guess cause it just said it would work.
>
>Darren King
>

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