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I hsve the servo and Sharp IR Rangefinder functioning nicely! With this controller: http://www.robotshop.com/dfrobot-4-8-46v-2a-dual-motor-controller.html There are only 2 pins per motor, so the enable seems to be in a permanently enabled state. The pins are M1,M2 for the motor direction and E1,E2 f...

I don't have the robot chassis or motors, but I do have a Sharp IR Rangefinder and a servo. I (hopefully) will get the rest of the hardware soon, but until then I have a robot "mock-up" using the sensor, the servo and some LEDs representing the signals to the drive motors. I have a ZX-1280...

This will probably start with RobotShop Rover (Tank Kit) and a simple to use DFRobot motor controller (it only uses two motors to drive the treads). I will use a ZX-24su on a white prototyping board probably double sided foam taped to the chassis and right away have Sharp IR Rangefinder turning on a...

You are absolutely right, I am sorry to have wasted your time.

This thread didn't start out very well (my fault).
But now it is one interesting thread! I am learning a lot!

Yes, I understand. Nice!

In my example I was a lot less elaborate (and precise) and was trying to show a little multitasking as well.

(It also can be done without the SysLib, but that is such a great addition to ZBasic!)

ZBasic is awesome and I wish more people knew that.

Got it! (Basically like this...) Dim taskStack(1 to 100) as Byte sub main() CallTask "MyTask", taskStack 'This works on Channel 2 (B.6) Call OpenPWM(2, 50.0, zxFastPWM)' prepare for 50Hz Fast PWM using channel 2 Call PWM&#...

You are correct, I have a ZX-1280n (I would think being an n would be a help in this situation). Where are some good examples of using a harware PWM to drive a servo? I am used to using the Servo() command in the Arduino which didn't multitask and didn't run Basic, but wasn't bad for what it was. As...

I want to multitask, but I also need to control up to 3 servos at the same time. Will there be any "gotchas" I need to look out for in this situation? I don't want to risk damaging the servos because their timing gets messed up. Would it be better to put servo control in the main task to i...

I intended to say I WAS ASKED if ZBasic was the same as Zedcor ZBasic, or the ZX Spectrum or ZX81 and I said it was not (I just didn't proofread what I had written). Also I said it only runs on ZX series devices. Same for the Propeller chip. If it ran on a Propeller I would probably have one of thos...

I love ZBasic and my new ZX-1280n board! This very much is my new favorite language and hardware. I have been asked if ZBasic will run on a Propeller chip, Hah! Also if there is any relationship to ZBasic by Zedcor or the ZX Spectrum computer or even the ZX81 "computer" from way back. :-) ...

Thanks for the quick response.

I will do just that.

Hi, Is it at all possible to convert a 1280 board to a 1280n by somehow deleting the code on the 1280 and then adding and locking the proper code for the 1280n? (If I could get the 1280n code I would use it one time and then delete my copy of it. I will just need it once.) I am getting two boards, o...