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calls the doJig( ) function when sensor 1 detects an object. When you click the
Stop button, the program closes the serial port using the serclose( ) function.

Loading and Running SimpleJig.c
Start by creating the program as a memo on your Palm OS device. Alternately,
you can create it as a memo in the Palm Desktop or a note in Outlook, and per-
form a hot sync operation to load the memo to the PDA.
After you have created the memo, launch PocketC on the PDA. Tap the
Compile button to go to the compile screen. You will see a list of memos that
contain programs. Select the SimpleJig.c program and tap the Compile button
to compile the program. If the program has an error, PocketC will display a di-
alog box telling you which line has a problem. When the program successfully
compiles, PocketC will automatically return to the main screen.

Connect the PDA to the robot and turn on the robot. Select the SimpleJig
program in the main PocketC screen and tap the Execute button to run the pro-
gram. Put the robot on the floor and place an object in front of sensor 1. When
the sensor detects the object, it will display the range reading on the screen. If
the object is close enough, the robot will perform its jig. When you’ve seen
enough, tap the Stop button to stop the program. Go back to the PocketC main
screen, select SimpleJig, and tap the Output button. This will show you the de-
bug output from the puts( ) function calls.

The Robot Geek Says
All of the software tools for creating, programming, and running
programs can be found on the CD-ROM for this book. They are all
demo or trial versions of the software. If you want to purchase the full
version of any package, or you want to search for the latest versions and
other information, you should go to the web sites of these products:
✖ HotPaw Basic www.hotpaw.com/hotpaw
✖ MathLib www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/mathlib.html
✖ NS Basic www.nsbasic.com/palm
✖ PocketC www.orbworks.com/pcpalm
✖ PocketPPRK home.townisp.com/~kmcentire/palm/pprk/pprk.htm
✖ Pocket Toolbox www.geocities.com/retro_01775/PToolboxLib.htm

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