Joe Hecht
jmhecht at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 7 21:52:10 CDT 2005
John, Never sure if my answers are of use to the great JC (stop that head swelling <g> but have you looked at the robot stuff Radio Shack is selling? Signed Humble Student Joe -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:42 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: PIC micro controllers LOL, of course you are right, just not enough to do. Controller programming might be a career path (or sideline) too though. Because I know electronics and programming I am able to do the whole thing. Plus it's just fun watching the LEDs flash and the stepper motors turn. I really want to get up to speed before my son gets too much older so I can work with him building little machines and robots. He is a smart little guy and I'm thinking that he could be the u-controller consulting side of Colby Consulting by the time he's 8 or 9. A business advisor suggested hiring your kids for tax purposes. If I could hire Robbie and charge the client $60 / hour for his time... <HUGE grin> John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:30 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: PIC micro controllers LOL John, you obviously don't have enough to keep you busy: children, book writing, framework conversion to .Net, etc. I think you need a hobby! <VBG> Charlotte -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:12 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com; Tech - Database Advisors Inc. Subject: [AccessD] OT: PIC micro controllers Is anyone here playing or working with PIC Microcontrollers? I have been interested in controller applications forever (in my previous life I was into electronics), and in fact I designed a vending machine while I was working down in Mexico that used a Z-World SBC. I have discovered that you can request engineering samples of these little beauties (PIC u controllers) and am starting to gather the stuff to program them. I was just wondering if anyone else does this stuff. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com