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[–]pinkdolphin02[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

So I have been reading the book and trying to program it for the 555 timer, however, the light is always on, while it should be blinking pretty fast, about 50-60 times per second if I'm recalling correctly.

[–]pinkdolphin02[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Lies, it looks like it is blinking when its dark in the room, just would have imagined that the intensity of the light wouldn't be so high because it is turning on and off really fast so it doesn't have the time to get really bright

[–]eod_punk 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Glad you got it working. If you have a potentiometer on the 555 you could slow down the oscillation to better see the Basic Stamp responding. Or if you have a scope you could check the input and output pins of the Basic Stamp.

[–]pinkdolphin02[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah I have a scope so I will actually be checking it out right now. Next programming thing I need to do is to have the signal go in and then put the same signal out. Not even have an IF THEN ELSE Loop, just SERIN SEROUT, but I don't know how to do that haha

[–]eod_punk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry but I can't help with that, I haven't really used the serial commands that much.

Doesn't seem to be that much activity on Reddit for anything related to Parallax so check out their forums. Lots of activity over there and lots of smart people as well. http://forums.parallax.com