Run program without stamp connected?
ctdahle
Posts: 29
Is there any way to run a Pbasic program without a BS connected to the computer?
For example, recently I was tutoring some students who were testing to see whether their closed algorithm to find the nth element in the sequence (1,2,4,7,11...) matched the iterative solution.
We (OK, I actually) wrote a short program in Python and were able to quickly generate the first 1000 elements in the sequence.
Since the kids have had a chance to play around with BOE-BOTS and already know their way around the Pbasic editor, they could have done this on their own using one of the classroom computers and viewed the result in a DEBUG terminal. In such a case, the stamp itself is not really necessary.
Since my BOE-BOTS are all borrowed from the nearby college, they are not always in the room, so I am wondering---
Where physical output such as a blinking light or moving servo is not required, is there any way to just run a Pbasic program without having a stamp connected to the computer?
More broadly, because my kids have to share the available BOE-BOTS, is there a way that the kids can test and tweak their code (using copious DEBUG statements for example) by running their programs even when a BOE is not available?
For example, recently I was tutoring some students who were testing to see whether their closed algorithm to find the nth element in the sequence (1,2,4,7,11...) matched the iterative solution.
We (OK, I actually) wrote a short program in Python and were able to quickly generate the first 1000 elements in the sequence.
Since the kids have had a chance to play around with BOE-BOTS and already know their way around the Pbasic editor, they could have done this on their own using one of the classroom computers and viewed the result in a DEBUG terminal. In such a case, the stamp itself is not really necessary.
Since my BOE-BOTS are all borrowed from the nearby college, they are not always in the room, so I am wondering---
Where physical output such as a blinking light or moving servo is not required, is there any way to just run a Pbasic program without having a stamp connected to the computer?
More broadly, because my kids have to share the available BOE-BOTS, is there a way that the kids can test and tweak their code (using copious DEBUG statements for example) by running their programs even when a BOE is not available?
Comments
See here and here.
1) Really cool, I could virtually construct just about any project. I want it!
2) Far more sophisticated than what I had in mind (and more than what I need for 11-12 year olds).
3) $$$$ Ouch!!
Probably I can find some sort of generic BASIC IDE that would allow the kids to write simple basic programs for instances where they don't need a physical output.
-dan
http://www.robotbasic.org/