BASIC for Microcontroller Programmers

[aeric]

Bring Back BASIC

Before pushing back on what seemingly falls into the unthinkable category, check out the reasons why Lou Frenzel is saying that BASIC deserves another look.

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I didn’t know some microcontroller programmers would prefer BASIC. I thought most of them like more low level programming like ASSEMBLER.

 

[JohnC]

I used this BASIC compiler for my PIC microcontroller projects many years ago:

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[aeric]

I haven’t tried to use B4R. Is it compiling the code into .C or .H files?

 

[hatzisn]

@aeric I would say translate because even saying interpret it means that it executes the commands. Then the translated code is compiled to machine code by the Arduino software understandable by the microcontrollers. What do you care though. It is a perfect and easy environment for developing applications which can run in a wide variety of microcontrollers provided by the Arduino. Further more the B4X universe provides you with easy ways to communicate between MCUs, Android, iOS, desktop computers and Radpberry Pi. I don't know any other tool which is able of doing all these.

 

[aeric]

@aeric I would say translate because even saying interpret it means that it executes the commands. Then the translated code is compiled to machine code by the Arduino software understandable by the microcontrollers. What do you care though. It is a perfect and easy environment for developing applications which can run in a wide variety of microcontrollers provided by the Arduino. Further more the B4X universe provides you with easy ways to communicate between MCUs, Android, iOS, desktop computers and Radpberry Pi. I don't know any other tool which is able of doing all these.

Thanks for the answer. I hope I would find some time in the future to explore the circuit programming. For now I am much happy playing with B4J. I just successfully make the VFD display some text. I definitely very interested to get my hands on some Rasberry Pi or Arduinos.

 

[techknight]

Bring Back BASIC

Before pushing back on what seemingly falls into the unthinkable category, check out the reasons why Lou Frenzel is saying that BASIC deserves another look.

www.electronicdesign.com

I didn’t know some microcontroller programmers would prefer BASIC. I thought most of them like more low level programming like ASSEMBLER.

I actively use BASCOM-AVR which works great for the Atmel AVR microcontroller in our professional product line. Now I have gotten more familiar with C lately, I may switch down the line but for now it does what I need it to do.