[nmglug] Beginning C Programming

[J. Marsden DeLapp]

I doubt that you could program Arduinos with Basic. But I am sure you
could do it with a BeagleBone Black. A BeagleBone Black rev C is a
single board computer that ships with Debian Gnu/Linux operating
system. You could install FreeBASIC or Gambas on a BeagleBone Black.

The point of using an Arduino for the I/O is to cut costs. The Arduino
is a low cost microcontroller. 

Mars

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On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:42:21 +0000
"Holaday, Rene" <rholaday at lanl.gov> wrote:

> Excellent!  I'm doing something similar now with Campbell Scientific
> hardware at work, which is BASIC.  I haven't done basic in many
> years...  never thought I'd see it again.  Can Arduino's also be
> programmed in BASIC?  I don't know much about them, but the project
> sounds like fun - I do solar on the side.
> 
> S. René Holaday,  rholaday at lanl.gov
> LANL Engineering Services, ES-UI
> BAS Team, Sched A
> 505-665-9053 office
> 505-699-8476 cell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nmglug [mailto:nmglug-bounces at lists.nmglug.org] On Behalf Of J.
> Marsden DeLapp Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:30 PM
> To: nmglug at lists.nmglug.org
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] Beginning C Programming
> 
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:18:32 -0500
> Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 6/10/14, J. Marsden DeLapp <jmdelapp at delapp.com> wrote:
> > > Can anyone recommend a good book for high school students wishing
> > > to learn C Programming?
> > 
> > There really isn't any reason for high school students to learn C
> > programming or any language hat uses pointers.   The evolution of
> > programming has advanced so far that it's really a poor direction 
> > unless they are doing hardware work.  Otherwise, the need to worry 
> > about the hardware details interferes with the art of programming.
> 
> Who would have thought that learning C programming would be so
> controversial?
> 
> The project is to build a PV solar system monitoring and control
> system. The system will consist of Arduino(s) to interface with the
> solar system(s). The Arduinos will communicate via RS485 to a Beagle
> Bone Black. The Bone will run a web server for the HMI, providing for
> monitoring and control.
> 
> The solar system will start out as just a PV module and battery.
> The first step it to set up an Arduino to monitor charging and
> battery voltage. Next will be to design and build a PWM battery
> charge controller.
> 
> Arduinos require C programming. 
>