Filter
Top Products
26
Some possible applications for expanded systems
include:
1. Counting packages, parts, cars, or people via 9.
photocell or switch input.
2. Composing poetry or pictures with printer output.
3. Video target games using photocell light gun.
4. Monitor burglar alarm switches.
5. Monitor water level and temperature in fish
tank and regulate automatically.
6. Measure motor speed with photocell.
7. Monitor and control experiments in home,
school, or lab. Use video display for real time
bar graphs of multiple variables.
RCA COSMAC VIP Instruction Manual
8. Provide a crystal-controlled, programmable
pulse generator, clock, or timer.
Provide a programmable sequencer for light
shows, advertising displays, holiday lighting, etc.
10. Automatic telephone dialer.
11. Model railroad controller.
12. Battery-operated toy or robot controller.
13. Detect tape-player tones and control slide
projector.
You will soon discover that the potential applications
of a computer such as the COSMAC VIP are only
limited by your imagination and the ability to develop
appropriate interface circuits.