diff --git a/blackjax/smc/base.py b/blackjax/smc/base.py
index 2e9289369..d649a5442 100644
--- a/blackjax/smc/base.py
+++ b/blackjax/smc/base.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 
-from blackjax.types import PyTree
+from blackjax.types import PRNGKey, PyTree
 
 
 class SMCInfo(NamedTuple):
@@ -40,6 +40,41 @@ class SMCInfo(NamedTuple):
     log_likelihood_increment: float
 
 
+def base(
+    rng_key: PRNGKey,
+    particles: PyTree,
+    update: Callable,
+    weigh: Callable,
+    resample: Callable,
+):
+    """General SMC sampling step.
+
+    rng_key
+    particles
+    update
+    weigh
+    resample
+    """
+
+    updating_key, resampling_key = jax.random.split(rng_key, 2)
+
+    num_particles = jax.tree_util.tree_flatten(particles)[0][0].shape[0]
+    keys = jax.random.split(updating_key, num_particles)
+    particles, update_info = update(keys, particles)
+
+    weights = weigh(particles)
+    weights, logp_increments = normalize(weights)
+    # Here normalize the weights and compute log_increments
+
+    resampling_idx = resample(weights, resampling_key)
+    particles = jax.tree_map(lambda x: x[resampling_idx], particles)
+
+    # class TemperedSMCInfo(NamedTuple):
+    #     lambda: float
+    #     smc_info: SMCInfo
+    return particles, SMCInfo(weights, resampling_idx, logp_increments, update_info)
+
+
 def kernel(
     mcmc_step_fn: Callable,
     mcmc_init_fn: Callable,