Re: X10 Computer Interface

[Dave <dju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:55:46 +0000 (UTC), "Paul Peard"
<NOSPAMpaul_peard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dave,
>
>- Just personal opinions and observations as a user.....
>
>Those serial units are still around and are still very popular, they are
>called variously CM11's or CM12's (12's are European spec versions of the
>11's). They can be programmed with some simple macros so they can run some
>logic with the pc offline.
>
>There are many more choices available in the US - and USB is on the newest
>units - but us poor backwater users in Europe haven't seen them yet.
>
>Who knows about 5 years time - but the cm11 is staple diet out there and has
>been for a number of years - and it's available in both Europe and US - so
>if you support that then you have a larger market.
>
>Personally I am interested in the STAMP units for some messing about - have
>you got any links to some details?
>
>Paul

That's exactly what I was looking for. Since there's a
serial box out there, I can add some support with minimal
programming since it uses the serial port instead of a
special (driver required) hw interface.

Thanks for the info on that model. Now I'll go look at them
on the web.

The Stamp chips are made by Parallax Inc. and they have a
lot of fun toys. I fiddled with a Basic Stamp and used it to
control a switch on a remote plane by simply connecting one
of the stamp's inputs to the RC receiver directly with no
other hardware. Oh, and it controlled a relay and some
blinking LEDs.

http://www.parallax.com/
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/products/kits/starter_kits.asp

There's also a lot of stuff on Google related to the Stamps.

Thanks
Dave