If you want to take advantage of the popular PIC Microcontroller for your electronics projects, but are intimidated by the programming involved, your worries are over. This guide gives you a complete tutorial on the easy-to-use BASIC Stamp single-board computer, which runs a PIC Microcontroller, and doesnÕt require you to do any assembly language programming. Written by the author of the widely-read "Stamp Applications" column for Nuts & Volts magazine, Programming and Customizing the BASIC Stamp Computer offers you a primer on basic electronics ... thorough yet accessible coverage of both BASIC Stamp I and II (from BASIC programs, to PBASIC toolboxes, to complete applications) ... a dozen projects that demonstrate various BASIC Stamp applications ... and an accompanying disk that provides all the software tools you need to begin developing PIC applications on your own.
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Introducing the BASIC Stamps. Electronic Foundations.Building Electronic Circuits. Getting Started with Stamps. BASIC Stamp Boot Camp Part 1. BASIC Stamp Boot Camp Part 2. Magic Message Machine.Intelligent Traffic Signal Simulation. Robotic Bug with Whisker Sensors.Time/Temperature Display. Date-Logging Thermometer. Worldwide Remote Control with C2TERM. Short-Range Sonar. Network Terminal with Keypad and Display. Appendices: A: BASIC Stamp Quick Reference Guides. B: Numbering Systems, Integer Math, and Boolean Logic. C: Electronic Calculations and Stamp-Related Circuits. D: Bug-Hunting Guides. E: Sources for Electronic Components. F: Suggested Reading. G: Glossary.