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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Wilke BASIC Tiny Tiger computer modules.
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| JohnL Senior Member  Joined: 10/01/2014 Location: SeychellesPosts: 128 |
Is anyone here familiar with Tiny Tiger BASIC computer modules from German company Wilke Technology? These modules run multitasking advanced compiled BASIC and have been around for more than 20 years. Apparently very reliable and used in Industrial applications. Not cheap for hobby or personal use but reasonable for Industrial applications. I can't find any info on what microcontrollers or microprocessors they are using. http://www.industrialcontroller.com/datasheets/DATA_Sheet_TINY-Tiger_03_en.pdf https://wilke.de/en/produkte/computer-module.html Programming manual, very advanced multitasking BASIC. https://wilke.de/uploads/media/TEP_50e.pdf Hardware Manual. Looks like its for the earlier/older generation of modules. Can't find mention or description of what microcontrollers/microprocessors they were and are using. Looking at interfacing architecture, possibly microprocessor with external flash, RAM, I/O? https://wilke.de/uploads/media/TEH_50e.pdf Edited 2019-12-13 21:22 by JohnL |
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CaptainBoing Guru  Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1985 |
some nice features in the language def. |
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| JohnL Senior Member Joined: 10/01/2014 Location: SeychellesPosts: 128 |
Newer Tiger -2 module. Supports Interrupts and multitasking. Older modules do not support Interrupts. Has very comprehensive CAN bus driver. https://wilke.de/fileadmin/templates/daten/Manual_addendum_TINY_Tiger_2_V016.pdf Edited 2019-12-13 22:14 by JohnL |
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SimpleSafeName Senior Member Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 286 |
Wow! This is a blast from the past. I have some *somewhere* that I have had since the 90's. |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 3519 |
Never heard of this one .... Not so very impressive, for a compiled basic running at 100k lines per second. Micromite (interpreter) runs already at 30k lines/sec PICAXE (p-code) runs 30k lines per/sec at 8MHz And having only 10k RAM free when a program is loaded ... And it is OLD.... The audio application uses a TDA800 audio amplifier. That TDA800 chip is obsolete for some 20 years now (I build an audio amplifier with it once...once...when I was young). But the one thing I do like: it has multi tasking. You can write several small programs and only need to worry about semaphores. I suggested this to Geoff, but he thought is was a huge task, others suggested ways to achieve something similar with the current feature set in MMBasic. It must be harder for an interpreter to multitask (*), then in a compiler environment... Volhout (*) I found it surprising that MMBasic had interrupts. That is a great step forward from the old GWbasic, that only had the ON ERROR semi-interrupt. PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Tinine Guru Joined: 30/03/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1646 |
I keep the Bypic for this: -Runs on the same MX170 -Interactive -Empty FOR-NEXT loop runs @1.28MHz -20 tasks. In fact, if your program consists of only tasks, the command prompt is always available. Cons: The author retired 2017, no more development BUT it already works. Although the hex file is free, it remains closed-source. I used HTTRACK to copy the entire website because it might not be up much longer |
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| SimpleSafeName Senior Member Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 286 |
Well not these days, but at the time it was pretty powerful. :) |
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