What is a Microcontroller?
A microcontroller is a programmable chip, and it’s the brain inside all kinds of devices.

If the first thing you did today was turn off your digital alarm clock, then the first thing you did today was interact with a microcontroller.

Your cell phone and microwave oven are just two more examples.  If it has buttons and a digital display, chances are there’s one or more microcontrollers inside.

These are BASIC Stamp modules. The microcontroller on the BASIC Stamp is this black electronic chip right here.  The BASIC Stamp has a collection of other chips and components mounted on it to make it reliable, versatile, and easy to use.

BASIC Stamps are also used in student projects, inventions and specialized equipment.

Here some examples: an Autonomous flying robot, mechanical millipede, robotic lawn mower, rocket designed for near space, remote weather data collection device, and this deep sea submarine.