Difference between revisions of "Using the Basic Stamp Microcontroller"

Revision as of 10:46, 16 January 2007

The Basic Stamp microcontroller allows you to write a program in a simple language on a PC and quickly download it and run it in target hardware.

The hardware configuration provided at NU is decribed on a web page Basic Stamp Hardware

Software for editing a program, and for running it on the target Stamp, is on the Parallax download page

The user manual is available there too, but here is a local copy to which I have added comments

Below is a screenshot of the editor window, showing a program I write for the BS2px24 that counts in binary on 4 LEDs.

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 The hardware configuration provided at NU is decribed on a web page [http://www.mech.northwestern.edu/courses/433/Writeups/Stamp/ Basic Stamp Hardware]
-You will need to download software, manuals, and tutorials from [http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/index.asp Parallax].
-Software for editing and downloading an running program is on the [http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_basic_stamp.asp Parallax download page]
+Software for editing a program, and for running it on the target Stamp, is on the [http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_basic_stamp.asp Parallax download page]
 The user manual is available there too, but here is a [http://129.105.69.13/dc/BasicStamp/pBasic_manual_web-BSM-v2.2_NUedited.pdf local copy to which I have added comments]