05-23-2023, 03:49 PM
(05-23-2023, 02:38 PM)aurel Wrote: well all this looking good and well ..but how many people
really use this if you go to make programs with it?
I purchased the Maximite with a goal in mind. Since its dialect of BASIC is very similar to QB64 and it has built in commands for supporting 20 analog/digital inputs/outputs through the PIC controller, I thought I might be able to replicate those commands as a library in QB64. Since QB64 supports serial ports ( OPEN COM ) and Arduino uses USB ports as COM ports my thinking is I can replicate the Maximite's commands to talk to an Arduino PIC controller in much the same way. I just need to find the time actually sit down and try this. Real-world control with QB64 would be very interesting in my opinion.
I played with this about 10 years ago. One problem I encountered, and I suppose still exists and will need to be resolved, is that many times an Arduino will use non-standard COM ports (5 and higher). I believe QB64 still only recognizes the original 4 COM ports that could be configured on a PC.