Using parallel ports for BasicStamp2
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Hi,
I've a laptop without a serial port, so it's very hard for me to program my
BoeBot since I have to go to our schools labs everytime I want to make some
experiments with it. So I have bought a parallel port to serial adapter but,
I don't know how to define it to my Basic Stamp program since there are only
com ports shown. So is there a driver or something like that so that I can
connect the Basic Sttamp with my computer through the parallel port. Actually
I also have USB port but I've seen that USB to serail adapters are quite
expensive(about 150 $) so this disattracts me. Would please anyone help me
with this problem...
Thanks for your help!!!
I've a laptop without a serial port, so it's very hard for me to program my
BoeBot since I have to go to our schools labs everytime I want to make some
experiments with it. So I have bought a parallel port to serial adapter but,
I don't know how to define it to my Basic Stamp program since there are only
com ports shown. So is there a driver or something like that so that I can
connect the Basic Sttamp with my computer through the parallel port. Actually
I also have USB port but I've seen that USB to serail adapters are quite
expensive(about 150 $) so this disattracts me. Would please anyone help me
with this problem...
Thanks for your help!!!
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>I've a laptop without a serial port, so it's very hard for me to program my
>BoeBot since I have to go to our schools labs everytime I want to make some
>experiments with it. So I have bought a parallel port to serial adapter but,
>I don't know how to define it to my Basic Stamp program since there are only
>com ports shown. So is there a driver or something like that so that I can
>connect the Basic Sttamp with my computer through the parallel port. Actually
>I also have USB port but I've seen that USB to serail adapters are quite
>expensive(about 150 $) so this disattracts me. Would please anyone help me
>with this problem...
>Thanks for your help!!!
I doubt if the parallel-to-serial adapter will work, for one thing
because the Stamp makes a couple of peculiar demands on the serial
port that are unlikely to be met. Certainly it would depend on
having a driver to make it emulate a serial port.
There is a USB-to-serial adapter that does work to program the stamp
from softwindows on the Mac. It is the Keyspan PDA adapter, list
price $39. It also is available for USB equipped PCs, but I don't
know if it works on the PC for programming the Stamp. Does anybody
know?
http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/PDAadapter/
-- Tracy