28123 Parallax Inc, 28123 Datasheet - Page 31

• Manufacturer Part Number: 28123
• Description: TEXT WHAT'S A MICROCONTROLLER
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc
• Type: Programmingr

Specifications of 28123

• Style: Book
• Title: What's a Microcontroller?
• Contents: Whats a Microcontroller? Text
• Product: Microcontroller Accessories
• Core Processor: PIC16C57c
• Flash: 128 Bytes
• Operating Supply Voltage: 9 V
• Board Size: 31 mm x 16 mm
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not applicable / Not applicable

You will enter this program into the BASIC Stamp Editor. Some lines of the program are
made automatically by clicking buttons on the toolbar. Other lines are made by typing
them in from the keyboard.
Figure 1-34
BS2 Icon
Clicking on this button will
automatically place “ ‘ {$STAMP BS2}”
at the beginning of your program.
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Begin by clicking the BS2 icon (the green diagonal chip) on the toolbar,
shown highlighted in Figure 1-34. If you hold your cursor over this button, its
flyover help description “Stamp Mode: BS2” will appear.
Next, click on the gear icon labeled “2.5” shown highlighted in Figure 1-35.
It’s flyover help description is “PBASIC Language: 2.5”.
Type in the remaining 4 lines of the program exactly as shown in Figure 1-36.
ALWAYS use these toolbar buttons to add these two lines as the beginning of every
program!
program, you may accidentally use parentheses
this, your program will not work.
Compiler directives use braces
{ }
Figure 1-35
PBASIC 2.5 Icon
Clicking on this button will automatically
place “ ‘ {$PBASIC 2.5}” at the beginning
of your program.
( )
. If you try to type in these parts of your
or square brackets
[ ]
. If you do