The Basic II Stamp is programmed by the language its named after, Basic. The language is a combination of Basic syntax and built in key words that control the Basic Stamp II chip. The stamp can be programmed for several functions including making pins go high or low, reading the input of a pin, sending pulses, reading or writing the serial port, playing a frequency, timing, and much more.We can use the power of C# and .NET to create a code generator that generates a state engine for the BASIC STAMP from a state diagram in WithClass. Because WithClass is basically a COM Server, by creating a reference to WithClass in the Solution Explorer, we can reference the WithClass state model and all its contents from within our .NET project. Then, we simply milk the information out of the model and use the .NET System.IO namespace to write the information to a bs2 (Basic Stamp II) code file.This is a nice article written by Michael Gold who is President of Microgold Software Inc., makers of the WithClass UML Tool. His company is a Microsoft VBA Partner and Borland Partner.
