Tiny Basic brings a full BASIC interpreter to mid-range Arduino boards
Tiny Basic for Arduino
A lightweight, fast BASIC interpreter built for mid-range Arduino boards and MCUs, letting you write, edit, and run programs directly on the hardware without a PC IDE. It stays hardware-agnostic to keep dependencies minimal and portable across almost any mid-range microcontroller, and ships with a broad standard library covering hardware I/O, math, and bit manipulation.
Write and edit your BASIC programs directly on the Arduino without needing a connected PC IDE.
- seplox
Interesting that the author doesn't mention Parallax BASIC Stamp [0] when it's a Basic-programmable microcontroller that's been on the market since the 1990s. Regardless, the Arduino Due is 4x the CPU at about the same price. Kinda neat.
While this is fun, I'm not sure why anyone would choose Basic over CircuitPython or MicroPython [1] if they're trying to program a modern micro with a beginner friendly language.
[0] https://www.parallax.com/products/basic-stamp-2-microcontrol...
[1] https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi...
- k310
We've come a long way. Dr. Dobbs, Volume 1 #5 (PDF) [2]
Source (8080) available on github [0]
Others: [1]
I forgot how I first loaded it. Doubtful that I typed it in, but I do recall getting a paper tape from somewhere and loading it via a cheap optical reader.
Life got interesting when I got a NorthStar disk for the IMSAI. And ever after.
[0] https://github.com/kevinthecheung/tiny-basic
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_BASIC
[2] http://cini.classiccmp.org/pdf/DrDobbs/DrDobbs-1976-05-v1n5....
Firefox will complain about http. Allow download. I checked it, it's real pdf.
- Surac
Well the title is missleading a little bit. Technical it is a Arduino but only the 32 bit ARM Cortex-M Arduinos are supported. Not exactly what i had in mind reading Arduiono. If you intrestend in a fantastic BASIC for cheap RP2040 RP3250 look for MMBasic