RE: Re: [Project] Kbd/LCD device

[Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

I havent progressed down the Basic Stamp route. I did consider it but found
it much more expensive than a PIC. Since that time there have been a few
BASIC compilers written for the PIC.

I currently have zero knowledge of the Rabbit, minimal understanding of
Java, and when Keiran posted about all the programming stuff he lost me
probably quicker than I lost him with the electronics stuff.

The groups strength lies in having a very diverse range of skills
available.

ANY development work done by anyone will be helpful, either by saying
"Hey
Guys (and gals) this <widget/Program> is the Muts Nuts"  or
"dont do it like
that, been there, tried that, got the scars to prove it."

The whole Home Automation scene is one big learning curve for all of us. If
something currently takes you 4 hours, it will after a bit of practice take
you 2 hours, shortly after you will be up there with the others.

Everyones input is valuable because without ideas and feedback,
constructive
or otherwise, there would be nothing to set direction. Good luck with the
Basic Stamp, hopefully you will create a useful gizmo tha we can all make
use of.

Keith





-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Powell [mailto:Andy@xxxxxxx]

The choice of platform (Rabbit) and the choice of languages (Dynamic C,
Java) means that, as I have little or no knowledge of either, I am not in
a position to actively participate..this is extremely frustrating for
me.. as you may all know my electronics knowledge is basic at best and
well below par for the group (my soldering skills even worse), hence
my 'dipping of toes' in the the basic stamp waters. I feel that *I* need
to improve my knowledge.

I've recently spent about 300 gbp on some stamp learning kits
and don't want to just 'bin' them (the wife would throw a fit) - I can
see that they are useful,even if only to give me the basic (no pun
intended) understanding of how the electronics works - perhaps as a pre-
cursor to getting a Rabbit.. but by the time I've done it I'd expect that
the group would be well ahead...

Please understand that it's more frustration with my own inability to
contribute than anything else, things that take me four hours to achieve
are going to take some of you ten minutes, and that's not productive for
the group....





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