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Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-15T20:03:18+01:00

New version of BASIC with the update to SERVO is now available for download. If you do download, try this out:

Code:: 10 LET P=$PSD 20 LIGHTS P-10 30 GOTO 10

This turns the LIGHTS on back of the robot into a distance meter, light full on - nothing ahead, but as an object approaches they go out.

For more complex demos -
http://code.google.com/p/robobuilderlib/wiki/BasicDemos

My current favorite is the mirror moves.

cheers

Statistics: Posted by l3v3rz — Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:03 pm

Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-11T23:55:43+01:00

cool, thanks - more to play with

Statistics: Posted by careyg — Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:55 pm

Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-11T23:04:46+01:00

I have added the ability to have a variable into next version .. you can now go:
10 LET A=6
20 SERVO A=124

or just
10 SERVO 6=125

next version (with more features currently under test will be out soon!)

Statistics: Posted by l3v3rz — Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:04 pm

Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-10T07:40:14+01:00

Hiya,

Yes, sorry, the random setting of servo IDs wasn't my actual intention - causing Robots to fit is, I understand, tantamount to torture, but was an easy way to demonstrate what I was trying to achieve

Thanks again for the effort in building this and everything else. Shall be playing with Robobuilderlib this evening I think. May even dust out the corner of my brain which holds my Lisp knowledge, I don't think it's been touched since my 2nd year at Uni about 13 years ago!

Statistics: Posted by careyg — Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:40 am

Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-10T00:19:35+01:00

Sorry. the servo id is a constant at the moment. The idea being its safer if you know which servo you are modifying. Incidentally randomly setting a servo to a random value in a loop would cause your robot to go into a 'fit'. I'd be concerned it might damage itself.

Its good to hear your having some fun and if you have any suggestion for improvements then please send and I'll see what I can do. I've just added two new commands for the next version to allow I2C devices to be read/write from Basic.

cheers

Statistics: Posted by l3v3rz — Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:19 am

Quesion on Basic.HEX

2010-08-09T22:38:51+01:00

Hullo,

Am continuing to fiddle around with Basic.hex this evening (though I must iron a shirt and hit the sack soon...).

Question

is it possible, when using the SERVO command (SERVO = ) to use a variable for ? Whenever I attempt this, Servo 0 moves, rather than the expected servo.

e.g. something random (and valueless...) like:

10 Let A = $rnd % 16
20 servo A=$rnd%200

will always wiggle that same leg.

I'm guessing Servo expects a constant, and the interpreter is doing its best for me and getting a 0 for A, unless i'm supposed to use a special character to dereference the value for this instruction?

Anyway, probably time to shut Huno off for the night!

Cheers,

G.

Statistics: Posted by careyg — Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:38 pm