This changed in the early 90s with the introduction of the BASIC Stamp from Parallax. This was a simple microcontroller development board using Microchip PIC. With a little bit of clever firmware ...

In addition to the "forever" stamp price increase, the USPS is seeking to raise mailing services product prices by about 7.4% the agency said. The price of postal insurance, meanwhile, will decrease ...

More than two-thirds of people think the increase in the price of a first-class stamp over the past five years is unfair, a ...

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 ...