Basic Stamp Professional Development Board
Whit
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Is there still a Basic Stamp Professional Development Board? I could not find it on the site.
Don't tell me I missed getting one!
Don't tell me I missed getting one!
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http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/156744-StampWorks?highlight=28138
Like erco - in the thread that Publison posted - I am on the hunt!
Remember the old ad that Parallax had for the Professional Development Board - "The One You Really Want!" Should have gotten one then - cause it was the one I really wanted. Seemed too expensive then for a beginner. I don't know that much more know - I'm just WAY more obsessed! Ha! ;-)
Thanks for the info JonnyMac and NWCCTV.
Now, I'm off to gather resources from the Parallax site! EXCITED!
My first stop would be the StampWorks page:
http://www.parallax.com/product/27297
The full manual, (written by JonnyMac), is available as a PDF. There are some great experiments in there.
Fun stuff...
This board is a beauty!
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What are they thinking?
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Yeah....lol
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I have a BSPDB and use it all the time.(It will seat a BS2p40 while most of the other boards will not) (Not to leave out the SXB as well)
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I hate to see this board go.
Here's another...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PARALLAX-StampWorks-Experiment-Kit-/181670166897?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4c62c171
Edit: You pay more but get some extra stuff.
I just did a quick search and saw it at Frys and Abra but this is the best price of all.
http://www.rpelectronics.com/27297-stampworks-experiment-kit.html
Can't believe this is still unsold at $120.00 BIN!
I don't disagree with Ken and certainly think they have a right to discontinue products that are no longer profitable. I am going to repeat a request to anyone from Parallax that may read this is that I wish they would announce when a product will be discontinued a reasonable (for some definition of reasonable) time prior so that those of us that may be on the fence about buying one will have a chance to get one or a backup, etc!
Parallax discontinued most of the Stamps In Class kits over the last few years but many are still available from resellers.
We use the hourglass icon to mark limited time status for products that are End-Of-Life or considered Pilot Products (new items we are testing out to see if we want to stock them past our initial purchase). Stock quantities are also displayed to give you an idea of how urgent your purchase may need to be. This is a way of making this information available for all site visitors.
Example limited time product: http://www.parallax.com/product/910-40000a
I would have never noticed that icon unless it had been pointed out to me.
Mission accomplished?
Would have been nice if it was announced that the hourglass might be there and what it meant. I know I never noticed it. Interestingly enough I never thought of putting an end of life notice on the same page as the product description. I was thinking more of something along the line of a post in the announcement board of this forum.
In all fairness the forums represent only a portion of our customers. Most customers do visit the website though. Since that's where you'd would go for the product it makes more sense to put that information there.
Hello!
I agree. I do both. (Visit the website to build a shopping list and sometimes buy stuff, but not directly from the site, typically calling in after finding stuff. Then of course, visiting the forum to kibbitz or post my own issues.)
For example I needed to obtain these three items, BS1 and a Carrier board and a Programming widget. The Carrier board's purchase was spurred by the notation that it was being discontinued,.
It became logical to buy the others. I also added to it the four RFID cards to keep company the reader and the others.
See here http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/160612-New-To-here-Device-Friday and the events described there.
And incidentally JonnyMac your writings on the Stamp1 convinced me to to do that.....