Too true
Yes. You have to laugh, though: I wonder if we could create the electrons from which the component parts are manufactured?
You seem to be trying to
You seem to be trying to start an arguement.
I don’t think you’re helping
I don’t think you’re helping with your comments… 
Anyway, his original point was just that it requires a few other components to get it to work and it’s not just the cost of the mcu that you should look at…but I’m sure that you already got that.
The picaxe command set is
The picaxe command set is very similar to the bs1 command set from what I’ve looked at of the source. I’ve used it also to use some of the parallax products as it easily converts. There are only a few commands, like pot(bs1) and adc(picaxe) for example that are different but do esentually the same thing. I think the picaxe basic also has some extra commands that are helful and of course some of the functions only run on certain models.
The bs2 uses several of the same commands as the bs1 with some added extras to do more advanced functions.
As far as the standard pic(generic), I think it’s covered in several of the comments above.
It can b e much cheaper to
It can b e much cheaper to make a 18F1320 board. It all depends on how you design it, so It could be a lot less or a lot more than a BS2, but thats the thing, you can make it how you want. the BS2 is already premade, so you would need a pinout board for pretty much a pinout board. He is obviously thinking of a board that is expensive.
Lol! so true…
Lol! so true…
Moi?
Let see, you make a wildly inaccurate comparison, accuse me of bias, present half truths as a rebuttal without backup, and accuse me of lying.
So no, I’M not trying to start an arguement.
Certainly!
It indeed can be much cheaper or more expensive to make any mcu into an operating robot controller.
What I was trying to do was develop a price list for making an 18F1320 into something that had the equivalent functionality of a Basic Stamp 2, for a more accurate price comparision.
That includes a low drop voltage regulator (not just any 7805), RS232 translation, a resonator, headers pins, and a PCB to put it all on that are all present on the Basic Stamp 2. And I was not adding the serial EPROM that they have.
I did leave a hole in the comparison accidentally, but you haven’t found it yet.
They also have a brownout
They also have a brownout detector onboard.
This is a better example of what is onboard.
http://www.me.psu.edu/rahn/me462/bs2csche.gif
or this one as well
The 18F1320 has a internal
The 18F1320 has a internal brownout detector.