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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: Dudekiller on July 23, 2008, 10:58:55 AM

Title: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: Dudekiller on July 23, 2008, 10:58:55 AM

Does anyone know a website to get cheap Basic Stamp II MicroController, parts, and PCB?

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: airman00 on July 23, 2008, 11:03:11 AM

Jameco.com
Allelectronics.com


Those are the ones I use

Do u live in the US?

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: Dudekiller on July 23, 2008, 12:33:25 PM

USA

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: pomprocker on July 23, 2008, 02:32:32 PM

straight from parallax.com

everyone else will have markup

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: SeagullOne on August 04, 2008, 09:58:14 PM

Last time I went to Radio Shack I thought I saw them selling the Basic Stamp II...

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: pomprocker on August 04, 2008, 10:50:59 PM

yeah its in a kit called "what is a microcontroller"

comes with everything u need to get started for $79.00

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: lbrombach on August 05, 2008, 12:23:26 PM

I'd highly recommend looking into Picaxe Microcontrollers.  They are  very similar to the basic stamps in programming and capabilities, but even have some capabilities that the stamps do not (like built in ADC and interrupts).  Oh, they they start at like $3 and go all the way up to $8.  The biggest downside I've run into is program memory, but I've heard they are working on that and for MOST uses I've come up with, it's been just fine.

Title: Re: Check place to buy Basic Stamps
Post by: pomprocker on August 05, 2008, 12:34:44 PM

or you can make your own stamp for half the price

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