BASIC Languange

[lockman_akim]

ok..as we know, BASIC language can be use in software programming and micro controller program..did u ever use BASIC for another purpose??

 

[djsfantasi]

Doesn't "software programming" cover it all? What do you mean by "another purpose??"

My hobby is animatronics. I have written a BASIC program to interpret a specialized script language I defined, to control my animatronic penguin. The script looks like this:
"Playmove,Look ahead,200
Playmove,Open eyes wide,200
Scriptpause,pause,2000
Playmove,Open Eyes Normal,200
Say,merry-xmas.wav,0"

The penguin moves with servo motors controlled by a serial servo controller from a company called Lynxmotion. Depending on the script, my program sends commands to the controller over a serial port. (The program is described in this link "Lynxmotion Tech Support: View topic - FreeBasic SSC-32 Interpreter"). (By the way, this link is NOT a current listing.)

The program also will play an audio file when instructed by the script. Then, the program reads in a DC signal from an ADC, that corresponds to the audio file. With this signal, the program synchronizes the animatronic's mouth movements. The DC signal comes from a circuit I developed with the help of the people on this board: SOLVED: Convert audio to 0-5VDC for ADC by uP. The program multitasks playing of the audio file, moving the mouth and other actions.

You can watch the result of the program on here YouTube - Animatronic Penguin in Action.

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