No more serial ports with the USB Board of Education! The new Board of Education USB programming board (Rev. A) allows you to connect with the USB ports on your desktop or laptop. The remaining features of the BOE-USB are shared with the BOE-Serial version.
The BOE was originally designed in coordination with our educational customers to teach microcontroller programming and this remains today as the most popular application. The majority of the Stamps in Class student guides (i.e. Robotics with the Boe-Bot) requires a BASIC Stamp 2 module with a Board of Education carrier board. Even if you aren’t using our SIC curriculum, the ease of use and expandibility make the BOE an ideal project board for any BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller experimentation.
One of the more recent and most convenient additions to the BOE is a power switch located in the middle/bottom portion of the board. The handy power switch on the BOE allows you to keep the power jack connected while selecting 3 options which include:
(0) Position = OFF
(1) Position = Power to everything except the servo connectors
(2) Position = Power to everything
Another new feature for 2004 was the placement of a jumper near the servo connectors. This jumper will select either Vdd (5 V) or Vin (unregulated input voltage) to power the servos.
Main Features of BOE-USB:
Note: Correct driver installation is handled through a live Internet connection when using Win XP.
Downloads:
BOE-USB Manual v1.4 (.pdf)
Board of Education USB Schematic (.pdf)
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