Product Description

This book helps readers to build smart electronics projects with the inexpensive, simple-to-use, surprisingly powerful Basic Stamp. It includes Scott Edwards' original "Stamp Applications" columns from "Nuts & Volts" magazine! 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 for "Nuts & Volts" magazine, "Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer" offers 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; a Basic Stamp quick reference guide; 12 complete projects that demonstrate various Basic Stamp applications and allow you to put your new knowledge to work; and, 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! The features new in this edition include: coverage of Stamp-specific and Stamp-friendly peripheral devices; a chapter on applying the BS2-SX; and a bonus project.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #574760 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 334 pages

Review
"Essential for Stamp Users Extremely clear and well written. Fills in areas where the Stamp manuals are weak. The included CD is as useful as the book. The CD includes Stamp 1 & 2 programming software, the Basic program code for the original Stamp manuals, and the excellent series on Stamps that Scott wrote for Nuts & Volts Magazine; ***** This book got me hooked on Microcontrollers Great book for smart people, who don't have knowledge of Microcontrollers or electronics but want to. The projects are great and so are the examples

From the Back Cover
Build smart electronics projects with the inexpensive, simple-to-use, surprisingly powerful BASIC Stamp. Includes Scott Edwards' original "Stamp Applications" columns from Nuts & Volts magazine!

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 for Nuts & Volts magazine, Programming and Customizing the BASIC Stamp Computer offers 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 project

About the Author
Scott Edwards (Sierra Vista, AZ) is the owner of Scott Edwards Electronics, a regional electronics distributor that focuses on BASIC Stamp and Microcontroller applications and solutions. In 1996 he started the popular Stamp Applications column in Nuts & Volts magazine which was the inspiration for this book.

Customer Reviews

Great Introduction to the Stamp
Scott Edward's book is targetted for the beginner that wants to get into electronics and has heard that the Stamp is a pretty neat thing. The book starts out with an introduction to the Stamp and Electronics in general. Included is a pretty good primer on prototyping circuits.

From this, the user is give more detail on the Stamp (including how to build programmer cables) followed by "Boot Camp": an introduction to programming the Stamp and basic I/O. Scott spends equal time on the BS1 and BS2 and notes differences between the two.

My only disappointment with the book is while he introduces the more advanced I/O functions ("DEBUG", "SERIN", "SEROUT" and "BUTTON") in the example projects and appendices, he doesn't explicity explain them or give hints based on his experience.

The majority of the book is dedicated to the twelve projects presented in the book and this is where the reader will learn the most abo! ! ut the Stamp. The projects focus on interfacing to other devices and this is where the book really shines. LCD (not surprisingly), RS-232 Serial, Keypad, Servo, temperature probe and an Ultrasonic (!) interfaces caught my eye.