I bought a copy of Servo Magazine and was pleasantly surprise to
find a new computer that can be programed in the English language.
I don't like programming languages that use characters like this
to mean extensive operations. &^%$#@()&{}][
Computers are smart enough so you can talk to them by typing on the
keyboard an English word and they will do what you tell them to
do.
Here is an example "PRINT" We all know what that means and what it
does.
Here are some more examples. READ, FORMAT, PAUSE, RETURN. LOCATE.
Now the vocabulary only needs to be about 100 words or less but
they are easy to remember. It does not have to be just one word.
It could be whole sentence. That would lead to a lot more typing so
in general it is limited to just one word. This makes a lot more
sense than a bunch of hieroglyphic symbols hard to remember.
The computer is called the Mentor's Friend. Cost is $80. It use a
PC keyboard and a VGA monitor. Just about any monitor that will
connect to a desk top computer. So far there is not a version for
a smart phone or tablet yet but there could be.
For machine control the smart phone problem is; there are no wires
coming out of the phone or tablet for turning motors on and off or
activating ignition systems or fuel injectors. So that is why you
need a computer like this. It uses an SD card just like your smart
phone for storing information. Your phone stores aps just like
this computer stores programs that control hard ware.
I will be getting one and playing around with it. It works just
like the Maximite so I will compare to the over all ability of
these two computers to control hardware. Speed is essential when
you have an engine running at 8,000 RPM.
They are so cheap you could use one of each rotor or even two for
each rotor. One for ignition and one for fuel injection. This
would be great for an aircraft engine as if one rotor quit you
could land with just one rotor operating.
Paul Lamar
Paul,
If you are still searching for a basic to be used with a micro
processor. May be TinnyBasicPlus is useful?
https://github.com/BleuLlama/TinyBasicPlus
I is optimized to run on Arduino SBC. Arduino can be have for as low
as $10 from Amazon.
Henry nee
It is more than just a BASIC like language. It is combination of hard
ware and
software. The software should have a built in editor and an operating
system. The hardware must have a PC keyboard input and a VGA display
out put as well as an SD card for storing programs and data files. A
battery backed
up clock is also essential.
In other words like a tiny pc with a hard disk running Windows, Linux
or DOS.
For controlling hard ware such as EFI and NC Tools the GUI OS is
unnecessary so
a DOS like OS works just fine as long as it has an SD card for storing
programs
and data files. The Maximite has all this and the PC board is only 4 inches
by 4 inches.
The Raspberry Pi is another example but it does not have a industrial
control BASIC.
All it has is C and Linux.
Some of the best industrial control hardware in the world is made by
Mikro Elektronca
but it does not have the key ingredients mentioned above.
They also have an excellent hardware control BASIC interpreter as well
as a BASIC compiler
running on the ARM.
https://www.mikroe.com/
Sold by Mouser
I talked to them about this at Embedded World several years ago in
Nuremberg but they could not see the light :-)
Here is a picture of one of their incredible boards with a color touch
screen
I have it. If some one wants to buy it let me know.
Paul Lamar
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