$30 BASIC Stamp Activity Kit
erco
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Right there on Parallax.com:
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/BASICStampProgrammingKits/tabid/136/ProductID/789/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
Izzit just me, or is that a smokin' hot deal? $30, down from orig. $70 price! 10 for $250!
1) OK, it comes in a bag, not a box (but environmentally friendly).
2) It's the serial version (but the USB serial adapter is included).
3) The book is the 2.2 version (but the 3.0 is a free download).
4) It's out of stock (but expected to ship on 6/8/2012)
BS2 HW board, servo, cables, USB , adapter, electronic parts, book. So what's not to like? Better hurry, I'll buy 'em all if you don't!
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/BASICStampProgrammingKits/tabid/136/ProductID/789/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
Izzit just me, or is that a smokin' hot deal? $30, down from orig. $70 price! 10 for $250!
1) OK, it comes in a bag, not a box (but environmentally friendly).
2) It's the serial version (but the USB serial adapter is included).
3) The book is the 2.2 version (but the 3.0 is a free download).
4) It's out of stock (but expected to ship on 6/8/2012)
BS2 HW board, servo, cables, USB , adapter, electronic parts, book. So what's not to like? Better hurry, I'll buy 'em all if you don't!
Comments
Actually, having the USB to Serial adapter is better for future projects of all sorts.
No, it's a KILLER deal! The USB-serial and servo alone are worth the $30 price. You get a free BS2 Homework board and assorted goodies to keep you busy for a few days (or weeks).
-- Gordon
Could it be that the stock is all gone and never to be replenished? Maybe the web page needs to be removed.
$40 is still an excellent deal. And buying 10 for $350 is a good deal for educators.
-- Gordon
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/BASICStampProgrammingKits/tabid/136/ProductID/789/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
What will YOU do with your BS2 HW board?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-txjHd4Kvs
$10 gets you a lot of good parts, useful with or without a BoeBot. Considering that the kit includes 2 IR receivers costing $4 each at Parallax, the refresh kit is the way to go. Shhh, don't tell Parallax or they'll double the price!
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Components/Optoelectronics/tabid/152/ProductID/177/List/1/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
It may be much easier to use a generic editor for writing programs and then the tokenizer in Linux. It would be nice to have a Chinese language IDE, but it is unlikely to happen. That first chapter about installing the IDE is rather daunting for kids.
Translation may be easy enough, but I suspect Parallax would have to pay $$$ to compile an Asian language for use in a Windows environment.
It also would be wonderful if the BasicStamp Manual was completely translated to Chinese. But it just may be possible to muddle though with translation software. I'll just have to see what students come up with.
10 WAM kits v2.2 arrived in Kaohsiung and now I am a bit puzzled about how to best deploy them - though I do have some ideas of how to do so. I will likely try approaching the Electronics department of a local technical university and see if they have a microcontroller/robotics club. Then try to arrange a presentation and brainstorming session with that club.
A bit of panic set in as I began thinking that I have an awful lot of Homework boards and related items. But considering the value, the panic has subsided.
Consider this.
Currently listed you can buy 10 BasicStamp Homework boards for $399.00 at the usual quantify discount.
Or
You can buy 10 WAM kits - including the Homework Boards, a USB to RS232 converter, a servo, a USB cable, an RS233 cable, and a rather useful array of component including one transistor, one variable resistor IC, a bunch LEDs, a few capacitors, a lot of resistors, a couple of switches, wire, etc.
With shipping to Taiwan if all came in under $440 USD or about $44 USD per unit and you got the WAM book in English.
There is an awful lot of value here. If I were greedy, I'd just try to sell off individual items at a profit. But the idea is to get students aware of what BS Homework board is and how much they can do with one.
I'll spend next week trying to make contacts, printing out Chinese WAM manuals, preparing a CD of all useful downloads, and set up a presentation date.
It is nice that the WAM V2.2 has been translated to Traditional Chinese, but I think you can see that there is still a lot of other material that is not. Has anyone ever written a Basic language that uses Unicode and Chinese Traditional Characters?
So I am going to try to place this with university students and have them use it to mentor high school students.
Westerners take a lot for granted in terms of what is a computer language. Which would you choose for 'if'.
conjunction -- if
如果
if, in case
如
as, if
是否
whether, if, whether ... or
假如
if, in case, supposing
要是
if
倘
if, in case, provided, supposing
倘若
if, provided, in case, supposing, granted
的話
if
若是
if
假若
if, in case, supposing
要
if
假使
if, in case
就是
if
假
if
設
suppose, given, if
使
if, supposing
苟
if
雖
although, though, even if, if
儻
if
Tough call for $25, mystery bag or activity kit? This is one heckuva gift for an inquisitive kid.
projects going, having only used propellers and avrs.
my maine focus is micro computer type stuff, but since i got all this stuff and found an erector set im thinking i may build a robot on the side.. if ur not a bs2 user think about this 25 bucks gives u a fast system and enough parts to get your imagination going on projects you may have had no intrest in before. its always nice to get a real book too