On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:16:15 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:16:31 GMT, Jan Panteltje
> 
> declaimed the following:
>
>
>>I heard of PIC AXE, no idea what exactly it is, never used it.
>
>  As I recall, a lower cost competitor to the Parallax BASIC
Stamp... A
> PIC with a byte-code interpreter for a specialized BASIC burned into it,
> with an IDE that compiles said BASIC and downloads it to the chip.

They are very similar in concept. Its a long time since I've looked at a
STAMP, but IIRC the main differences are that:

- the STAMPs are bigger and a lot more expensive than PICAXES

- STAMP has a much better ability to name RAM variables and a
  generally nicer integer BASIC than the PICAXE

- STAMP has a much better debugger than PICAXE on Linux

- PICAXE has nicer RC servo support and adds ADC/DAC analogue support

- I don't think the STAMP compiler/debugger can be run on Linux or an RPi.


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