PARALLAX Basic Stamp Activity Kit - Serial + USB (Text v.3.0)

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BASIC Stamp Activity Kit - USB Version (Text v3.0) Know electronics and want to learn programming? Or know programming and want to learn electronics? Learn both side-by-side with BASIC Stamp Activity Kit! It includes everything you need to get started. Want to make your own inventions? Learn circuit-building and programming at the same time with the BASIC Stamp microcontroller! It's a tiny on-board computer like the ones found in many electronic devices. Discover how common components work as you go step-by-step through 40 hands-on activities in the 350-page What's a Microcontroller? text. Side-by-side schematics and wiring diagrams give you confidence in building the circuits, and each example program is followed by a detailed explanation so you learn as you go. Here's what you will learn to do: Features: Build simple circuits with schematics and wiring diagrams Write programs in PBASIC to control the circuits Send signals by blinking LEDs Sense contact with pushbuttons (5-Position Switch KickStart Guide) Read a dial using a potentiometer Measure light with a phototransistor Control motion with a servo motor (Parallax Standard Servo KickStart Guide) Play tunes on a piezo speaker Display data on a 7-segment LED or Serial LCD (2x16 Serial LCD Backlit KickStart Guide) Combine several circuits to prototype an invention Kit Contents: HomeWork Board with a built-in BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller What's a Microcontroller? Text with 40 hands-on activities Electronic input, output, and passive components for building circuits USB to Serial Adapter & Cable