B4R Question Beginner's question

[eurojam]

Hi all,
I was just a few days absence of the forum, and what happend....a new project is there B4R. My question is: where to start? there is no download or purchase area for B4R? Is it still in a beta state?

Best
Stefan

 

[Erel]

It is still in beta. It is a free product.

You can download it here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4r-beta-is-available-for-download.65651/

 

[Levit]

Well... I don't have much time left but it seems that my arduino UNO will come out of the shelf.
VERY GOOD work Erel.
thanks.

 

[Adie]

Hi to all out there

I am a bit confused with respect to the use/need for B4R. Is it just an IDE that wrap all (most of) the C code in the Basic syntax or are there more to it. I am a bit concerned about the speed and overhead penalty that could result. :-(

I use the 328P Atmel chip for a lot of projects and did not find any issues with the Arduino IDE. The biggest issue for me is the restrictions the Arduino bootloader put on the Atmel chip BUT the ease of programming and abundant samples outweigh that by far. (I could never get my head around the complexity of the raw Microchip PIC or Atmel Studio.)

Adie

 

[Erel]

Is it just an IDE that wrap all (most of) the C code in the Basic syntax or are there more to it

There is more to it. It offers a similar approach as in the other B4X tools.
Try it and you will see.

The overhead is minimal and the performance should be the same as C written programs.

 

[Adie]

There is more to it. It offers a similar approach as in the other B4X tools.
Try it and you will see.

The overhead is minimal and the performance should be the same as C written programs.

thanks.
Now, If you could devise an IDE that can use the 'raw' Atmel chip without bootloader limitation/overhead it would be more than great. But maybe that is not really feasible as we would get back to something similar to the Arduino bootloader. (We buy 'blank' IC's and burn the bootloader our self.)

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