[dorkbotbmore-blabber] STAMP tutorial

[D. Neal McDonald]

Joe, all,

I had in mind a presentation on what a microcontroller is, why they're
good, and how to hook a BASIC stamp to a Mac and make a light blink.

Macs are the platform of choice in our circle, but not with
microcontroller devs, so I'm dealing with getting a USB-to-Serial cable
with a specific chipset, downloading custom drivers, and using
undocumented 3rd-party software.

Plenty for a 20-minute demo.

Anyone interested?

NM

> Neal,
> This might be a good back up if this other contact doesn't work out. What
> exactly would you talk about with the basic stamp. Do you have a project
> in
> mind to talk about? Or something else? Just interested. There just are so
> many avenues when you go in this direction.
>
> Thanks for the offer of presenting.
>
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:09 PM, D. Neal McDonald <mcdo at umbc.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> If there is interest, I could go over BASIC Stamp, er, basics, on
>> Tuesday.
>>
>> Neal McDonald
>>
>> > Hi Kelly,
>> > The next Dorkbot meeting is coming up at Creative Alliance a week from
>> > today, did you get in touch with Penny?
>>
>>
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D. Neal McDonald
Assistant Professor, Animation and Interactive Media
Department of Visual Arts
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
mcdo at umbc.edu  410-455-2581