# Getting Started with Stamps in Class

This is the place to begin if you are setting up your BASIC Stamp 2 and Board of Education or BASIC Stamp HomeWork Board to prepare for the activities in any of our Stamps in Class tutorials, including What's a Microcontroller? and Robotics with the Boe-Bot.

The activities in this section of the Help file will guide you through the following tasks:

- Identify what BASIC Stamp development board you are using.
- Connect your BASIC Stamp development board to your computer.
- Test the programming connection.
- Write and test your first PBASIC program for your BASIC Stamp.
- Write a PBASIC program that uses ASCII code.
- Turn off the power to your BASIC Stamp development board when you are done.

You will navigate from one task to the next using the Next arrows. If you want to go back a step, use the Previous arrows. On each page, follow the instructions indicated by red checkmarks:

- Click the NEXT arrow to begin!

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BASIC Stamp Help Version 2.5.4

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8/8/2012