This month there are two great articles published that use an SX micro as the core component. The first article was in the July 2008 Servo magazine and used an SX28. The SX was attached to motor encoders for receiving the pulse-trains and scaling the values so it could be read by the main computer. The article is by Robert Doerr (a.k.a. RobotWorkshop on the Parallax Forum). This article is an excellent example of how a low cost microcontroller can be used to transform or scale signals. Of course the logic could have also been done with discrete components, but with the SX micro even more functionality was added such as the ability to change the scaling value on the fly with a serial protocol. Excellent article Robert!
The other article is in the Nuts & Volts July 2008 magazine. Jon Williams regularly uses the SX micro in his STAMP Applications column. This month he created an LED tail light addition for his vehicle. The tail light pulses and changes state when the brake is stepped on so that the drivers behind him will notice that he is slowing down. I am sure this addition will reduce the likely hood of getting rear ended in traffic!
Two great articles - thank you guys! If you find other articles about the SX micro or that use the SX, please drop us a note so we can review them and let others know about it through this blog.
