
programming board and carrier board. There doesn't seem to be a ZX-24 a development kit
The ZX series doesn't need a special programming board since they are programmed via the serial port. As for a development board, virtually any board that is designed for the Basic Stamp II or the BX-24 should work fine since the ZX-24a is pin-compatible with those processors. We have run a ZX in the Parallax Serial BOE; I expect that it would also work in the USB BOE. We have also run them in the the NetMedia BXDS-1 and Prof. Anderson's BX24 Protoboard.bozooka wrote:I would like to know [what to use for a] programming board and carrier board. There doesn't seem to be a ZX-24 a development kit
dkinzer wrote:The ZX series doesn't need a special programming board since they are programmed via the serial port. As for a development board, virtually any board that is designed for the Basic Stamp II or the BX-24 should work fine since the ZX-24a is pin-compatible with those processors. We have run a ZX in the Parallax Serial BOE; I expect that it would also work in the USB BOE. We have also run them in the the NetMedia BXDS-1 and Prof. Anderson's BX24 Protoboard.bozooka wrote:I would like to know [what to use for a] programming board and carrier board. There doesn't seem to be a ZX-24 a development kit
My preference and recommendation is to use a solderless breadboard since they are more general purpose and can be used for many different projects. They are available in powered or unpowered form. An example of a powered breadboard can be found at Circuit Specialists. For an unpowered breadboard, to which you'll add your own power supply, see the examples at Jameco, JDR and other places.
I can't say for certain that it does. As I mentioned, I have personally used a ZX-24 in a serial BOE. I see nothing in the schematic for the USB BOE that suggests that it won't work.bozooka wrote:If the ZX-24a works with the boe usb board I have one of them. I guess I can give it a try.
dkinzer wrote:I can't say for certain that it does. As I mentioned, I have personally used a ZX-24 in a serial BOE. I see nothing in the schematic for the USB BOE that suggests that it won't work.bozooka wrote:If the ZX-24a works with the boe usb board I have one of them. I guess I can give it a try.
We'd like to hear about the results either way.
You can do something similar with a DB-9F flipped over with right angle square pins soldered to pins 2-5 (I saw this somewhere, perhaps on Prof. Anderson's site). An example is shown in the first photo below.GTBecker wrote:The connector is a DB9M (a male, opposite of the usual DB9F), with a F-F gender changer on it to make it a female.