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How easy is it to program the U401 with RobotBASIC? The version of RobotBASIC that supports the USBmicro U401 and U421 will be released soon. I have a pre-release version and in an attempt to show how easy it is to control the U401 (or U421), I made the code below:

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Main Program
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

MainProgram:

    //---------------------------
    // Discover the devices
    //---------------------------
    n = usbm_finddevices()

    // Set dir of port A of dev 0 to out
    n = usbm_DirectionA(0, 255, 255)

    // Turn on all the port's outputs
    n = usbm_WriteA(0, 255)

End

I’ll admit: This doesn’t do much that is exciting. With something connected to the port of the U401/U421, this code turned it on. Perhaps it is just an indicator LED, or a relay that turns on a light or a motor, but the point is it is not difficult at all to add support in a RobotBASIC program to affect some real-world hardware.

So. To imitate several big companies with their catch phrases:

“What will you turn on, today?”

Perhaps I should rethink that… or perhaps not. :-)

=Gizmo=

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