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RonnS
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hello Matherp,
what do you think about a command to reading an analog Value ?
such is available with Python ( as a Library ) by using as an example the "EnviroHat "
they are using the ADS1015 4-channel 3.3v, analog to digital sensor (ADC)
Link
best regards Ron
PS: this would make the Picromite fully compatible to mmbasic..
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what do you think about a command to reading an analog Value ?
such is available with Python ( as a Library ) by using as an example the "EnviroHat "
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Great idea - I've ordered one
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Please find attached a new version 5.4.09
2017-09-22_141850_Pi-cromite_Manual.pdf
2017-09-22_142121_mmbasic.zip
This version includes a new command and supporting function
FORK unix_command
FORK KILL
MM.FORK
FORK is similar to SYSTEM except that it is non-blocking and all output from the new process is sent to the null device. This allows MMBasic to run a Linux process in the background
MM.FORK returns the process ID of the forked process or zero if no process exists. Only one forked process is allowed at a time.
If this all seems rather esoteric then a simple example should illuminate things:
SetPin 3,din,pullup 'set up a pin to halt playback
Fork aplay gold.wav 'play a wav file using a standard Pi command
Do While MM.Fork 'loop while playback continues
If(Pin(3)<>1) Then 'check the stop switch
Fork kill 'kill the forked process
End If
Loop
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Note that the unix command does not need quotes or specific field separators but commas may be used instead of spaces if preferred. Note also that the C-library parser does not accept "-" characters in filenames as these are treated as specific to command syntax.
NB: there is a known issue with the Pi-cromite relating to use of the I2S audio. When MMBasic exits I2S audio playback will stop even if started from the Linux command line before MMBasic is run. This is caused by something internal to the PIGPIO C I/F. I have reported this to the author of PIGPIO but it is not something I can fix myself.
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Hi *,
I just came accross MMBasic for RPi and wanted to give it a try.
I have a RPi2 and just got me the latest copy of Raspbian Lite.
I got everything nicely setup, the recent version 5.4.09 of MMBsic starts up,
but unfortunately once I am in the basic editor my keyboard is not working
anymore.
Unplugging/replugging the keyboard does not help.
On the Linux bash keyboard works just fine (after a reboot).
Does anyone has an idea? I use a standard Cherry USB keyboard.
Regards
Daniel
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Hi *,
meanwhile I figured that actually not just the keyboard is dead,
instead the entire RPi locked up.
Under certain conditions I get a repeated post of
| 2018-01-12 19:24:10 gpioTick: pigpio uninitialised, call gpioInitialise() |
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pigpio is installed and a call of pigpiod -v seems to work.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo pigpiod -v
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What is missing/wrong on my RPi?
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Daniel
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matherp
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That happens because you have a previous version still running (two processes). You can only run one copy of MMBasic at a time and should always close it with ctrl-Z
What version of Raspbian are you running? Make sure you run the version of MMBasic that is the same.
I don't have a Pi 2 so can't confirm it works on one. I also always run headless over SSH so can't comment on the keyboard issue but I know there are others running with a local keyboard and monitor successfully.
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What do you mean? Do you get the MMBasic command prompt ">" or is the issue when you use the command EDIT?
Suggest you run the latest version rather than 5.4.09
UPDATE
One more thought - the code assumes that the Pi has an ethernet connection as it opens a socket by default. Don't know what it does if there isn't one.
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Hi *
I am absolutely sure running only one instance of MMBasic.
Also pigpiod is running in one instance only.
The Raspbian verion I run is the latest to download from www.raspberrypi.org,
Raspbian Stretch Lite, Nov. 2017
The latest MMBasic version I could find is the one from 2017-09-22.
After boot into Raspbian I run the following commands:
sudo pigpiod
sudo ./mmbasic
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But no success.
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Daniel
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Hi *
one more thing: I have the Pi connected to ethernet, internet access works fine.
Regards
Daniel
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Daniel,
Like Peter, I never use a keyboard on my Pi's so can't help there.
The latest versions are in this post:
https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10164&PN=1
As you are using 'stretch', make sure you grab the stretch version.
The problem might also be due to the language settings of your keyboard.
(That's only a wild guess).
Jim
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That is the issue. MMBasic doesn't use the daemon - don't run it. It is compiled with pigpio so by running the daemon you have the two copies. I've included a note to this effect in the latest version of the manual
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I posted an update today code + manual
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Hi Peter,
I set up Raspbian Stretch newly, got pigpio through apt-get and the latest mmbasic from yesterday.
This is what I got:
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2018-01-13 17:20:04 gpioWrite: bad gpio (117)
2018-01-13 17:20:04 gpioSetMode: bad gpio (117)
2018-01-13 17:20:04 gpioSetMode: bad gpio (80)
Segmentation fault
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
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I tried it as well headless, not HDMI no keyboard connected.
I checked the process list before (ps -e) no pigpiod running.
Seems like mmbasic doesn't like RPi Rev. 2?
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Daniel
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First try cleaning up from previous version of MMBasic
You must
and then rerun
If that doesn't work please get pigpio from here and install as per the instructions.
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