Parallax Stamp for Beginners

How to get started with the Basic Stamp Microcontroller. Great stuff for the real beginner. Go to the other guys to get the advanced stuff. Bob the photographer takes a break while Bob the computer guy has a little fun. In this video I use their circuit board and their instruction book that comes with their kit to show you how I got started. Buy my CD that shows you more about how I got started and how you can get started with this fun Parallax Stamp Kit.

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• Parallax
• stamp
• halloween
• props
• animatronics
• mechatronics

[cilentChadow]

neat,

I did something similar except with a PIC 16f628A microcontroller.

[BobLowePhoto]

It's way too much fun!

[Robobbly]

@cabrahamrv Thanks Mate - useing an arduino now.. much better :')

[cabrahamrv]

@Robobbly not it doesnt...!!

[Narutoxbleach503]

Hey I am having some problems with mine, I am useing the stamp ediotr for mac, and for some reason whenever I try to identify the stamp I get the error:

"Couldn't open serial connection.Serialadapter plugged in?Port selected?".

So I try to select a port and it says none but it offers no options,so I switched out my board, and made sure the voltage input was enough, everything was perfect, and I still get the same error.

[dblind1]

wow thats awesome! what book was that?

[Carots420]

This little kit is so fun, the electricity class in my school has about 40 microcontrollers and a ton of modules. Let's just say I look forward to that class more than my own birthday.

[Robobbly]

@joebro391 Thanks, i will look at those websites. Im not realy new to microcontollers, i have got other boards but there programmed in machine code so thats a bit of a hastle to do!

Thanks very much

Bobby

[joebro391]

@Robobbly I don't really work with the Basic Stamp cause I think it's not enough for the money one pays for it, but I'm sure you could find one online somewhere. Try Jameco.com or Sparkfun.com If you're new to microcontrollers, you might want to instead take a look at the Arduino. There's a bunch of video's online and they're much cheaper and I think much easier to work with. Try sparkfun.com for the Arduino. -Joe

[Robobbly]

@joebro391 Thanks so much joe, do you know were one could buy this in the ok!

Regards,

Bobby

[joebro391]

@Robobbly no, the program is saved in flash-memory, not RAM. -Joe