Friday, June 12, 2009
mini trouble shooting guide for balloonsat BASIC stamp EEPROM writing
while programing and handling my balloonsat board i have come across a few programming issues. One of the first problems I came across was that i used syntax that BASIC stamp software doesn't recognize(MATLAB syntax). It is Vital that you use the proper syntax that is designated by BASIC stamp. Another problem i encountered was not staying consistent with variable names. Meaning if i name a variable Clk_call, i can't call it up using CLK_call. Another problem i ran into was that while trying to combine multiple programs, I would just copy variables and constants. The problem with this is that when combining multiple large programs many time if you aren't careful you run out of variable space. So be sure to check in your program to see what variable are being used and not used when combining components of multiple programs....... during the course of this summer i will compile and share all my bugs that i found while completing this program.
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Excellent blog entry, Jeremy. It's incredibly professional and considerate to put together a lessons-learned list for your colleagues. It is also very useful practice, as in most fields, we are all expected to document both our failures and successes to avoid repeat mistakes and maximize effectiveness.
ReplyDeleteThank you colleen, i picked this up from my high school robotics competitions. In First vex we encountered many technical and mechanical problems so my junior year we decided to put together a troubleshooting guide. Other team found our troubleshooting guide to be very useful and were very grateful for it.
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