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Just opened a BS2 kit I bought 12 years ago!

SCelectronicsSCelectronics Posts: 4
edited 2012-04-25 11:53 in General Discussion
Hi,

First Post to this forum. I bought my Basic Stamp 2 twelve years ago after reading about it in Nuts & Volts magazine. Well, life got in the way so I never delved in to experimenting with it. I now have finally opened the anti-static bag. What I was sent was an OEM version. It seems to be a very bare-bones module, with pins running down one side and no convenient 9-volt battery clips. Also, I want to use it with my current computer, so I will have to toss out the DB9 cable ant get a USB adapter. I am an obvious newbie to this technology, so would appreciate any hand-holding.

Thanks for reading:innocent:

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  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2012-04-23 05:41
    Greetings and welcome to the forum.

    Check this out for a little more detail on the schematic for your BS2. It looks like this board already has a 5 volt voltage reg LM2940 installed:

    http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/schem/BS2Oem.pdf

    http://www.parallax.com/tabid/227/Default.aspx

    Second, a great place to get started is Parallax's What's a Microcontroller? See the following free download:

    http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/edu/28123-WAM-v3.0.pdf

    You have posted this in the General Forum, but there exists a separate forum here just for Basic Stamp. You might want to post your future questions there:

    http://forums.parallax.com/forumdisplay.php?48-BASIC-Stamp

    I hope that helps get you started.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2012-04-23 06:18
    Oops. It looks like this board already has a 5 volt voltage reg LM2940 installed. See my post above for the link to the schematic. Sorry about that.
  • RobotWorkshopRobotWorkshop Posts: 2,307
    edited 2012-04-23 06:39
    SCelectronics wrote: »
    Hi,

    First Post to this forum. I bought my Basic Stamp 2 twelve years ago after reading about it in Nuts & Volts magazine. Well, life got in the way so I never delved in to experimenting with it. I now have finally opened the anti-static bag. What I was sent was an OEM version. It seems to be a very bare-bones module, with pins running down one side and no convenient 9-volt battery clips. Also, I want to use it with my current computer, so I will have to toss out the DB9 cable ant get a USB adapter. I am an obvious newbie to this technology, so would appreciate any hand-holding.

    Thanks for reading:innocent:

    One nice thing about that BASIC Stamp is that there is a ton of information on these Forums about them and it is still a supported product. How many other projects are so well supported after all these years?

    Don't toss that Serial cable just yet. Most of the USB to serial adapters have a DB-9 connector for the serial port. Some that I have are very short cables so you may end up using your cable as just an extension cable.

    You shouldn't have any trouble getting started and the Stamps are easy to use.

    Robert
  • Jen J.Jen J. Posts: 649
    edited 2012-04-23 09:56
    Is this the module you have?
    http://www.parallax.com/tabid/227/Default.aspx
  • SCelectronicsSCelectronics Posts: 4
    edited 2012-04-24 16:40
    THANKS to all. Finally my OEM is revealed! I figured that the company just moved on (never heard of the Propeller and that other one. All my info dates back to Nuts & Volts when it was inscribed on stone tablets)
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2012-04-24 20:13
    Welcome to the Forums SCelectronics! Keep us posted on how you're doing :thumb:
    -MattG
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-04-25 11:53
    Twelve years old? It is still quite useful. If it is the original BS2, it is one of lowest power unit and that feature alone is often the most handy.
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