28125 Parallax Inc, 28125 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: 28125
• Description: TEXT ROBOTICS
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc

Specifications of 28125

• Title: Robotics with the Boe-Bot
• Product: Microcontroller Accessories
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not applicable / Not applicable

Chapter 1: Your Boe-Bot’s Brain
Parallax, Inc’s Boe-Bot™ robot is the focus of the activities, projects, and contests in this
book.
microcontroller brain are shown in Figure 1-1. The BASIC Stamp 2 module is both
powerful and easy to use, especially with a robot.
The activities in this text will guide you through writing simple programs that make the
BASIC Stamp and your Boe-Bot do four essential robotic tasks:
1. Monitor sensors to detect the world around it
2. Make decisions based on what it senses
3. Control its motion (by operating the motors that make its wheels turn)
4. Exchange information with its Roboticist (that will be you!)
The Boe-Bot and a close-up of its BASIC Stamp
The programming language you will use to accomplish these tasks is called PBASIC, which
stands for:
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Parallax - Company that invented and makes BASIC Stamp microcontrollers.
Beginners - Made for beginners to use to learn how to program computers
All-purpose - Powerful and useful for solving many different kinds of problems
Symbolic - Using symbols (terms that resemble English word/phrases)
Instruction - To instruct a computer how to solve problems
Code - In terms that you and the computer understand
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Figure 1-1
BASIC
Stamp® 2
module on a
Boe-Bot™
robot.
2 programmable