WHAT'S A MICROCONTROLLER?
HOW MANY MICROCONTROLLERS DID YOU USE TODAY? THE BASIC STAMP 2 - YOUR NEW MICROCONTROLLER AMAZING INVENTIONS WITH BASIC STAMP MICROCONTROLLERS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ACTIVITY #1: GETTING THE SOFTWARE ACTIVITY #2: INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ACTIVITY #3: SETTING UP THE HARDWARE AND TESTING THE SYSTEM ACTIVITY #4: FIRST PROGRAM ACTIVITY #5: LOOKING UP ANSWERS ACTIVITY #6: INTRODUCING ASCII CODE ACTIVITY #7: WHEN YOU’RE DONE SUMMARY CHAPTER #2: LIGHTS ON – LIGHTS OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS MAKING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) EMIT LIGHT ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING THE LED CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #2: ON/OFF CONTROL WITH THE BASIC STAMP ACTIVITY #3: COUNTING AND REPEATING ACTIVITY #4: BUILDING AND TESTING A SECOND LED CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #5: USING CURRENT DIRECTION TO CONTROL A BI-COLOR LED CHAPTER #3: DIGITAL INPUT - PUSHBUTTONS FOUND ON CALCULATORS, HAND HELD GAMES, AND APPLIANCES RECEIVING VS SENDING HIGH AND LOW SIGNALS ACTIVITY #1: TESTING A PUSHBUTTON WITH AN LED CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #2: READING A PUSHBUTTON WITH THE BASIC STAMP ACTIVITY #3: PUSHBUTTON CONTROL OF AN LED CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #4: TWO PUSHBUTTONS CONTROLLING TWO LED CIRCUITS ACTIVITY #5: REACTION TIMER TEST CHAPTER #4: CONTROLLING MOTION MICROCONTROLLED MOTION ON/OFF SIGNALS AND MOTOR MOTION ACTIVITY #1: CONNECTING AND TESTING THE SERVO ACTIVITY #2: CONTROLLING POSITION WITH YOUR COMPUTER ACTIVITY #3: CONVERTING POSITION TO MOTION ACTIVITY #4: PUSHBUTTON CONTROLLED SERVO CHAPTER #5: MEASURING ROTATION ADJUSTING DIALS AND MONITORING MACHINES THE VARIABLE RESISTOR UNDER THE DIAL – A POTENTIOMETER ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING THE POTENTIOMETER CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #2: MEASURING RESISTANCE BY MEASURING TIME ACTIVITY #3: READING THE DIAL WITH THE BASIC STAMP ACTIVITY #4: CONTROLLING A SERVO WITH A POTENTIOMETER CHAPTER #6: DIGITAL DISPLAY THE EVERY-DAY DIGITAL DISPLAY WHAT’S A 7-SEGMENT DISPLAY? ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING THE 7-SEGMENT LED DISPLAY ACTIVITY #2: CONTROLLING THE 7-SEGMENT LED DISPLAY ACTIVITY #3: DISPLAYING DIGITS ACTIVITY #4: DISPLAYING THE POSITION OF A DIAL CHAPTER #7: MEASURING LIGHT DEVICES THAT CONTAIN LIGHT SENSORS INTRODUCING THE PHOTORESISTOR ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING THE LIGHT METER ACTIVITY #2: GRAPHING LIGHT MEASUREMENTS ACTIVITY #3: TRACKING LIGHT EVENTS ACTIVITY #4: SIMPLE LIGHT METER CHAPTER #8: FREQUENCY AND SOUND YOUR DAY AND ELECTRONIC BEEPS MICROCONTROLLERS, SPEAKERS, BEEPS AND ON/OFF SIGNALS ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING THE SPEAKER ACTIVITY #2: ACTION SOUNDS ACTIVITY #3: MUSICAL NOTES AND SIMPLE SONGS ACTIVITY #4: MICROCONTROLLER MUSIC ACTIVITY #5: CELL PHONE RINGTONES CHAPTER #9: ELECTRONIC BUILDING BLOCKS THOSE LITTLE BLACK CHIPS EXPAND YOUR PROJECTS WITH PERIPHERAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ACTIVITY #1: CONTROL CURRENT FLOW WITH A TRANSISTOR ACTIVITY #2: INTRODUCING THE DIGITAL POTENTIOMETER CHAPTER #10: RUNNING THE WHOLE SHOW SUBSYSTEM INTEGRATION ACTIVITY #1: BUILDING AND TESTING EACH PUSHBUTTON CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #2: BUILDING AND TESTING EACH RC-TIME CIRCUIT ACTIVITY #3: SUBSYSTEM INTEGRATION EXAMPLE ACTIVITY #4: DEVELOPING AND ADDING A SOFTWARE SUBSYSTEM