[Lowfer] Basic Stamp CW IDer?

[John Davis]

>Is all the programming done in DOS?


Well, DOS is not applicable to the Basic Stamps, but the programming
language is BASIC, similar to what one would find on an ancient DOS-based
computer.  They are pretty easy to program.  However, they're not nearly as
versatile as a PIC microcontroller.  As for Kurt's question.

>>Anyone using basic stamps for CW controllers?  I did a search on the web
>>and found mountains of BS --

Goes with the territory.  :-)

>> -- but nothing that really shows how to program a stamp
>>to act as a keyer.  Any ideas?  I have the BSII and am
>>thinking of using this for my beacon to help get things going.

If you have a collection of old Nuts & Volts magazines, you may find exactly
what you're looking for.  On the Web, though, try this:  Put the following
two phrases, in quotation marks exactly as shown here, in the Google search
box:
"Basic Stamp"  "CW keyer"

This narrows the search considerably, and may give you a starting point.

John