Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer

Build smart electronics projects with the inexpensive, simple-to-use, surprisingly powerful BASIC Stamp. Includes Scott Edwards' original "Stamp Applications" columns fromNuts & Voltsmagazine!If you want to take advantage of the popular PIC Microcontroller for your electronics projects, but are intimidated by the programming involved, your worries are over. This guide gives you a comprehensive tutorial on the easy-to-use BASIC Stamp single-board computer, which runs a PIC Microcontroller, and doesn't require you to do any assembly language programming. Written by the author of the widely read "Stamp Applications" column forNuts & Voltsmagazine,Programming and Customizing the BASIC Stamp Computeroffers you:* A primer on basic electronics including reading schematics, identifying components, and constructing prototypes. * Thorough yet accessible coverage of both BASIC Stamp I and II from reading and understanding BASIC programs, to PBASIC toolboxes, to detailed applications. * BASIC Stamp Quick Reference Guide * 12 complete projects that demonstrate various BASIC Stamp applications and allow you to put your new knowledge to work. * An accompanying CD that provides all the software tools you need to begin developing PIC applications on your own.With the range of skills you'll develop using this guide, you'll see why it can be easier to build sophisticated projects with microcontrollers than with conventional electronic parts and even more fun!NEW IN THIS EDITION Coverage of Stamp-specific and Stamp-friendly peripheral devices Chapter on applying the BS2-SX Bonus projectEdwards, Scott is the author of 'Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer', published 2001 under ISBN 9780071371926 and ISBN 0071371923.