[HN Gopher] PicoMite - Basic Interpreter for the Raspberry Pi Pico
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PicoMite - Basic Interpreter for the Raspberry Pi Pico
Author : cristoperb
Score : 52 points
Date : 2022-07-14 14:19 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (geoffg.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (geoffg.net)
| mkesper wrote:
| Though a fun thing to do, I think I'd prefer MicroPython:
| https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/programming-raspberry...
| Gys wrote:
| Still, this Basic interpreter is running on the device itself.
| I think MicroPython is not?
| Fatnino wrote:
| Micropython is definitely running on the device. It's running
| on the pi pico installed in my wall right now.
| AlexeyBrin wrote:
| MicroPython runs on the device, you can open a REPL to it and
| command the device interactively.
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| Cool stuff, I wonder how the graphics primatives compare to other
| basics.
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| Poking around the website I noticed a description of Pong running
| on a PIC producing a composite video signal with the timers, any
| possibility the Pico could produce such a signal and have a basic
| graphics library on top of that?
| cristoperb wrote:
| Geoff's PicoMiteVGA project[1] is a Pico which boots to BASIC
| and has VGA output:
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| "The VGA output is generated using the second CPU on the RP2040
| processor plus one PIO channel so it does not affect the BASIC
| interpreter which runs at full speed on the first CPU. A
| handfull of components (resistors and a couple of diodes) is
| all that is required to connect the VGA monitor"
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| 1: https://geoffg.net/picomitevga.html
| Koshkin wrote:
| I have used MMBasic on a Colour Maximite, and it is amazing and
| fun. Thank you Geoff!
| timbit42 wrote:
| The website appears to be blocking VPNs.
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