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1. PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 HOW TO
2. PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 DRIVERS
3. PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 UPDATE
4. PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 MANUAL
5. PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 SOFTWARE

There is one downside to the book that I’ve seen so far.

PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 HOW TO

This will give you the full overview of how to work with the robot: If you can get the Chrome IDE and some Linux drivers, its supposed to work but I suggest you email Parallax for help.įinally, the entire book that came with my Boe-Bot is available online as a PDF. If MacBS2 doesn’t work automatically, you might try this page: One thing I am still unsure about is whether you need a driver.

PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 SOFTWARE

If you absolutely must use Mac, then the BS2 software is what you want. Instead, I found a version of MacBS2 (Mac Basic Stamp 2) that Parallax actually modified to work with newer OSX operating systems. I recommend using Windows if you can, even if its for just troubleshooting to rule out any issues with the operating system.įor Mac users like me, I didn’t get far with the Chrome IDE which was my first choice.

PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 DRIVERS

It was literally plug and play, compared to the tinkering with different drivers and stuff that I tried with Mac and the Chrome IDE.

PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 MANUAL

The manual makes reference to windows software which you can download below. Windows is the easiest thing to get up and running. I’ll save the gory details of the search and trial and error and give you what worked. They sent me a couple of links that got me started and with some additional googling, I was able to get up and running. I was a bit worried that I would not be able to use the robot, but they assured me it was still supported. I finally emailed the company directly and surprisingly, they emailed me back almost immediately.

The one flaw is that the manual does NOT include much in the getting started department as far as finding software for your computer and sending code to the device. This is an old device, so information on it is a bit more scarce than it otherwise might be and some of the online documentation and links are outdated or outright broken. I really can’t recommend it enough just for the book. Parallax’s material is a breath of fresh air. I have seen other arduino project kids on amazon that offer no information other than how to put the kit together and what code to type in, all in broken english with zero explanation of what you are doing or why it works. Since this stuff is geared towards educators, this makes a lot of sense. They not only explain the what, but also the why, giving you a solid foundation in the underlying theory behind the projects you’re doing.

Compared to some other online documentation I’ve seen for Raspberry Pi’s and such, the instructions for the Boe Bot are top notch. It also contains a fairly thick spiral binder with detailed instructions for assembly, testing and projects to do with your Boe Bot. Finally an assortment of electronic components like LEDs and resistors. Then there’s all the mechanical components: wheels, a frame, screws, etc. The Parallax Boe Bot came with the circuit board, which contains ports for GPIO and motors, a breadboard and a place for the microcontroller. Sadly I didn’t take pictures of the parts before I put it together. PBASIC is fairly primitive and reminds me a lot of programming in commodore basic. What really makes it retro however, is PBASIC.

PARALLAX BASIC STAMP EDITOR DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 7 UPDATE

Windows 7 came out in 2009, so that puts the kit closer to 2010, or they just didn’t update the software. The copyright in the instruction manual says “2003-2010” which means at least the design of this kit is between ten and seventeen years old. You can see some of this evidence with the sample laptop and system requirements here: So our friends’ kids probably had this kit sitting around for many years. My wife estimated that this was a hand-me-down from when my son was about 3 years old and he’s now thirteen. This seemed like a great opportunity to make use of something that has sat on the shelf for quite a while. I love sharing my hobbies with my kids, whether its programming or pen and paper RPGs. Which incidentally, are the keywords I’m using to tag this blog post. But finally, I took it off the shelf, dusted it off and then suddenly realized that we had stumbled on to three of my interests: We then forgot about it for a few months. I asked my 13-year old son if he wanted to put it together sometime and he said yes. In one of our decontamination episodes with my youngest son’s room, we found this box sitting on his shelf with all his board games, unopened and unused: Our home is a very loving, but very lived in space. Something that may not be obvious from other articles is that my house is a mess.