PLCs, Was Re: EUMAN-- Was Re: Threaded Euphoria
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Oct 18, 2001
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On 18 Oct 2001, at 23:04, euman at bellsouth.net wrote: > > Have you tried the siemens or, allen-bradley. > > I think these guys have a lock on their architectures so it may be impossible > to > get anything from them but it may be worth a shot. Price, availablity. Their webpages don't give prices, and going thru Newark Electronics, they simply cost too much. I can more easily condense a VIC20 onto a card than buy AllenBradley. Kat > Euman > euman at bellsouth.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 21:45 > Subject: RE: EUMAN-- Was Re: Threaded Euphoria > > > > On 18 Oct 2001, at 20:45, Evan Marshall wrote: > > > > > > > > Nice to see another PLC programmer out there. > > > > > > > > > 10/18/01 6:38:47 PM, euman at bellsouth.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >the short definition for threads = simultaneous execution > > > >Its like haveing multiple programs running at the same time. > > > >threads allow you to schedule priorities. > > > > > > > >for instance, > > > > > > > >I program PLC's (programmable logic controllers) and have machinery that > > > > I have been looking at the BASIC Stamps from Parallax, and got into trouble > > with their program. It was a 3.6meg download, then it went out and > > downloaded > > another few megs without my permission, didn't install where i told it to, > > it > > wrote a lot of stuff to the registry, and after i cleaned all that up, there > > was nothing left to run,, and they won't reply to my emails. Can you suggest > > an alternative to Parallax? For instance, can't we program the stamps with > > Eu? > > > > Thanks, > > Kat > > > > > >