... and with gpp a small step to Mac support
Posted on 11th Dec 2020
With the gpp pre-processor, and BASICtools debugged in Linux, it was a small step to support Apple Mac found here.
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... and running on Raspberry Pi too
Posted on 9th Dec 2020
After getting BASICtools running on Linux Mint, I had a Raspberry Pi sitting next to my PC. We already knew the USB serial drivers worked, so why not give it a try.
BASICtools running on Linux Mint...
Posted on 8th Dec 2020
BASICtools now working on Linux Mint. Give it a try BASICtools for Linux and Mac
Breakout Proto PCB for ARMstamp
Posted on 11th Nov 2020
One of our users (Olzeke) found this prototyping board meant for Parallax's BASIC Stamp. It breaks out the 24 Stamp pins to through hole pins. Makes soldering easy. The ARMstamp inner 24 pins are compatible with this board. You can buy these prototyping blank PCBs from a Canadian supplier PCBoard.ca for $1.95 each.
Webstore is back online
Posted on 7th Oct 2020
If it's not one thing it's another. About 10 days ago PayPal decided to change something and our orders were getting rejected. Some persistent customers tried every browser they could, different credit cards, and nothing got through. Calls into PayPal did not help much, and A2hosting was out of their depth as well. Luckily Kym from ozEworks got us back up.
Raspberry Pi Interface
Posted on 15th Sep 2020
Sometimes you want to monitor a running ARM BASIC board. Now a PC can do it for a while, but sometimes it goes to sleep, sometimes Microsoft tries to update it, sometimes who knows. So an alternative would be to use a more predictable device, such as a Raspberry Pi. They are cheap, very low power and predictable.