Hi Phil,

I've been using the BX-1 for a few months and the BX-24 since it
was released ... both are excellent products.  The BX-24 is pin
compatible with Parallax's Basic Stamp BS-2, but will greatly
increased capabilities.
   32kB EEPROM
   400 bytes of user RAM
   about 6 times faster than the BS-2
   19 I/O pins (8 of which can be 10-bit ADC)
   SPI interface which doesn't use any of the 19 I/O pins
   multitasking
   floating point math
   US$10 less expensive than the BS-2
Its dialect of BASIC looks a lot like Visual Basic, so it's
very easy to quickly prototype an application.  The tech support
has been better than excellent.
   http://www.basicx.com/
Peter Anderson's site has a lot of sample code:
   http://www.phanderson.com/basicx/
There is a good mail list which is monitored by the NetMedia folks:
   http://www.onelist.com/community/basicx/
It's NOT necessary to buy the $100 development kit!  The BX-24 can
be programmed on a breadboard with a 4-wire serial cable just like
the BS-2, and the software is available for download from the BasicX
site or on CD for about $10.

I'm very impressed with both the BX-24 module and with NetMedia.
They recently had an EEPROM upgrade ... just mailed the my modules
to them and they did the upgrade for FREE ... not even a charge for
the return mail.  Most tech support questions have been answered on
line in less than one hour.  All in all, I highly recommend the
BasicX modules.

Good luck and have fun,
 - Nick -

Philippe Jadin wrote:
>
> The subject says all : has anyone used the basicX chip?
> look at : http://basicx.com
>
> It looks very nice, programmed in basic (you guessed that:-), 32 Kb
> eeprom, 8 analog inputs, 8 digital io... Seems fast and easy to
> program... (chip + software kit : 100$)
>
> any comments? because I intend to buy one...
>
> Phil