BASIC Stamp - Versions

Versions

There are currently four variants of the interpreter:

1. BASIC Stamp 1 (BS1),
2. BASIC Stamp 2 (BS2), with six sub-variants:
   1. BS2e
   2. BS2sx
   3. BS2p24
   4. BS2p40
   5. BS2pe
   6. BS2px
3. Javelin Stamp
4. Spin Stamp.

The BS2 sub-variants feature more memory, faster execution speed, additional specialized PBASIC commands, extra I/O pins, etc., in comparison to the original BS2 model. While the BS1 and BS2 use a PIC, the remaining BASIC Stamp 2 variants use a Parallax SX processor.

The third variant is the Javelin Stamp. This module uses a subset of Sun Microsystems' Java programming language instead of Parallax's PBASIC. It does not include any networking facilities.

The fourth variant is the Spin Stamp. The module is based on the Parallax Propeller and therefore uses the SPIN programming language instead of PBASIC.

A number of companies now make "clones" of the BASIC Stamp with additional features, such as faster execution, analog-to-digital converters and hardware-based PWM which can run in the background.

The Parallax Propeller is gradually accumulating software libraries which give it functionality similar to the BASIC Stamp; however, there is no uniform list of which PBASIC facilities now have Spin equivalents.