I am a novice when it comes to many robotics topics especially programming. But, I am in college, going for Mechanical Engineering working to become a roboticist. I just bought an Arduino Uno and the book Getting started with Arduino last week and am starting to learn what basics I can with it. The language is rather interesting (no problems yet) but I keep seeing Basic mentioned on forums like for Basic pro and Basic stamp2. Does the language for basic stamp/pro have any relation to Visual Basic? I had to take Visual Basic 1 for my degree and compared to the C language for the Arduino, Visual Basic was programming for dummies. I am asking because if the stamp uses something like Visual Basic I think that would be alot easier to advance my knowledge base than with the Arduino. Especially since I already own the complete comprehensive text book for Visual Basic. Any advice would be appreciated i.e. is the Arduino Uno a good controller to use, etc. Thanks.
Nothing like Visual Basic. Grab one of the BasicAtom files and study. Better to stick with C.
Alan KM6VV
the BotBoarduino programs in C.
Forget about the Stamp, too slow and more expensive.
I have the BotBoarduino, and it’s a great solution. And if you’re driving more then just a couple of 3-pin servos, sensors, switches, etc, then it greatly simplifies wiring over an Arduino.
Alan KM6VV
thanks I will stick with the arduino to get better at designing and programming then when I get better and can afford it I will get a botboarduino.