PBASIC to Arduino wiki

The place for PBASIC users to quickly learn how to program the Arduino microcontroller

What's here?  Not much yet.  We're working on it though. 

I am planning to get back to writing here during the upcoming

Winter break.  Please email ctp at ctpdesign dot com if you

want to contribute to this wiki.

The Two Languages - PBASIC and Arduino History

Differences in Downloading Your Code to Each Microcontroller

Important First Differences in the Languages

Arduino Comparison and Where to Buy (now with cool accessories)

Coding Examples:

1) Blinking an LED

2) Naming Pins and Declaring Variables

3) Intro to void setup() and all the other voids

4) Pushbutton Input

5) Subroutines/Labels/Functions

X) Reading a Potentiometer/Photoresistor/Flex Sensor

X) RC Servos

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Syntax Comparisons:

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Commands List - Arduino to PBASIC

Commands List - PBASIC to Arduino

A few valuable links:

Intro to the PBASIC language - http://a.parsons.edu/~sven/cc/lab/propeller/PBASICProg.pdf

PBASIC language - complete reference - http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/stamps/web-BSM-v2.2.pdf (warning! 5.2 MB PDF file)

Arduino extended reference - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Extended

Arduino Playground - http://www.arduino.cc/playground/

So far the people who I have told about the project and this wiki

(not that everyone listed is involved, or has endorsed the project, just that they have been alerted):

Arduino Forums

Paul Badger

Ian Bartholomew

Gary Goddard

Adam Hathaway

Mark Hellar

Tom Igoe

David Mellis

Nathan Seidle

Michael Shiloh

The PBASIC to Arduino project is published under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.