Definition: BASIC Stamp

A family of chips and small circuit boards from Parallax, Inc., Rocklin, California that are used for myriad processing functions. For example, the BASIC Stamp 1 Interpreter Chip includes a PBASIC (Parallax BASIC), and the BASIC Stamp 2 includes a microcontroller (MCU). In addition to the BASIC Stamp offerings, Parallax offers a huge variety of products for building robots and other electronic systems.