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BotBasic

BotBasic is a BASIC interpreter designed to run on the BotSpine board. It is based on BlueBasic. This wiki is a copy of the BlueBasic wiki and will be edited as appropriate and as time permits.

This fork of BlueBasic has a bit more detailed documentation. Please refer to it for general BASIC syntax.

• Overview
• Hardware
• BotBasic is designed to run on the BotSpine board.
• Consoles
• Basic BASIC
• Getting Started Hello World
• Variables
• Loops
• Conditionals
• Subroutines
• I/O Pins
• Pin names and uses
• Using the WIRE command
• Time, delays and timers
• Interrupts
• Power
• Monitoring power
• Managing power
• Using SPI
• Using I2C
• Using Serial/UART
• Bluetooth Low Energy
• Peripheral and Central
• Services, Characteristics and Values
• Connections
• Adverts and Scans
• Observing
• Security
• Other options
• File System
• Examples
• Simple Bluetooth controlled LED
• iBeacon
• SPI: Communication with MB85RS64V FRAM chip
• Bluetooth advert scanning
• WIRE: Reading the DHT-22 humidity and temperature sensor
• I2C: Communication with DS3231 RTC
• Serial: Echoing characters