Title: NetMedia BasicX-24 Port for the Tab Electronics BYORK
Lead: Matt Bauer Advisors: Dr. Juliano  The ISL has a number of
TAB Electronics Build Your Own Robot Kits (a.k.a. BYORKs)
powered by NetMedia BasicX-24 microcontrollers (BX24). The
BYORKs are typically controlled by a Parallax Basic Stamp 2
module (BS2), the microcontroller for which this robot platform
was designed to operate with. Out of the box, the BYORK is
designed to be used with the BS2. One can use the BS2 to control
all the actions of the BYORK by using the standard communication
protocol of the PBasic language.  The BX24 is a more superior
microcontroller than the BS2. For example, the BX24 has 32KB of
EEPROM, 400 bytes of RAM, executes 65000 instructions per
second, and has a maximum program length of 8000+ instructions;
whereas, the BS2 has only 2KB of EEPROM, 32 bytes of RAM,
executes 4000 instructions per second, and has a maximum program
length of about 500 instructions. Both the BX24 and the BS2 are
packaged as 24-pin DIP modules.  O