Featured in this
section are various Parallax products, like the Basic Stamps, Robotic
Kits, accessories, etc. If there is a Parallax product that you want
and cannot be found in our website, please feel free to contact
us.
What
is a BASIC Stamp?
A BASIC Stamp is a single-board computer that runs the Parallax PBASIC
language interpreter in it's microcontroller. The developer's code is
stored in an EEPROM, which can also be used for data storage. The
PBASIC
language has easy-to-use commands for basic I/O, like turning devices on
or off, interfacing with sensors, etc. More advanced commands let the
Stamp interface with other integrated circuits, communicate with each
other, and operate in networks. The BASIC Stamp has prospered in hobby,
lower-volume engineering projects and education due to ease of use and a
wide support base of free application resources.
Parallax Educational and Industrial Products
Over
500,000 BASIC Stamps are in use around the world. The popularity of the
BASIC Stamp is a result of its ease of interfacing to electronic circuits,
quick development time with a simple programming language, and high
reliability in a diverse set of applications.
BASIC
Stamps are available in various physical packages, but all versions have
the same logical design, consisting of a 5-volt regulator, resonator,
serial EEPROM, and PBASIC interpreter. A tokenized PBASIC program is
stored in the non-volatile serial EEPROM, which is read from and written
to by the interpreter chip. This interpreter chip fetches the instructions
one at a time and performs the appropriate operation on the I/O pins or
internal structures within the interpreter. Because the PBASIC program is
stored in an EEPROM, it may be programmed and reprogrammed almost
endlessly, without the need to first erase the memory, as with many
microcontrollers. To program BASIC Stamp, you just connect them to an IBM
PC or compatible (serial port for the BASIC Stamp II and IISX) and run our
editor software to edit and download your program.
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