Originally Posted by vlmarshall  Well, I just ordered a KBIC card, and sent an email off to the Puma's manufacturer to enquire about repair costs.
I've been wanting to get into PIC and BASIC stamp programing, maybe I'll pick up a Parallax experimenter board and play with one of my brushless ESCs in my spare time. I don't have anything big enough for a Sherline spindle, but the input for a small ESC, or even a servo, works the same way.  |
Do yourself a favor, get the propeller board instead of the basic stamp. $20 buys the proto board with the chip and memory pre-soldered. It offers on board connectors pre-wired for keyboard and mouse input as well as TV out. Space for prototyping too. Easy to program too, with a USB programming cord. It's not only the cheapest option overall, but far more powerful in the end than a basic stamp. I like the language too, better than PBasic, but that's a personal preference.
It's the board I would use, and if you like I can help with programming, as I said I plan to do it myself at some time. I can also do PBasic, but I'm a little rustier in that.