Since December 1997 BASIC Stamp enthusiast and engineer Al Williams published a “Stamp Project of the Month” column on his web site. These columns were replaced each month with a new one and the archives were maintained by Al Williams off-line. The entire collection of 67 columns is available in the printed book Al’s “World Famous” Stamp Project of the Month Anthology.

Al’s columns detailed examples of BASIC Stamp applications with popular electronic and hardware interfaces. From time to time, Al also featured projects with the SX or Javelin Stamp module. Through an agreement with Parallax, Inc. Press, Al Williams is making the collection of columns available in this printed book. The book is not available for download, but the Table of Contents and four sample columns can be downloaded below.

Projects in this book include:

• PC / BASIC Stamp PID controller software for real-world engineering control projects
• Connecting the BASIC Stamp microcontroller to the internet
• Communication with LCDs, Morse code, keypads
• Interfaces to PDAs and PCs
• Examples with Al's PAK co-processors for math, analog and PWM
• Getting started with the PIC or SX
• Quiz show buttons, reaction timer and other human-interface circuits

For many of the columns Al created companion PC/PDA/internet software to communicate with the BASIC Stamp module through the PC’s serial port. All of these programs, plus the Stamp source code files, are available for download below. ISBN 1-928982-25-5 by Parallax, Inc. Press (420 pp.).