Main Features

Simplicity

Many control applications can be accomplished in a very small program
ARMbasic can be installed in minutes, and be solving your control problems just as quickly
While BASIC is considered a simplistic language, ARMbasic with built-in hardware functions and the speed of compiled code can be a higher performance solution than many more complex languages
As it is an incremental compiler, it has the feel of an interpreter. Its quick and easy to debug its programs. Why learn a new development system, you can either enter programs directly from the console or use any text editor that you are already familiar with.

BASIC Compatability

ARMbasic from Coridium is not a "new" BASIC language. It is not required of you to learn anything new if you are familiar with any Microsoft-BASIC variant. Even if you don't have knowledge of the BASIC language, its constructs are easy to learn and easy to use.
ARMbasic is case-insensitive; scalar variables don't need to be dimensioned or declared before use; MAIN function is not required. Syntax follows much of that of Microsoft-Visual BASIC

Most of the PBASIC IO functions have been added

INPUT and OUTPUT control pin direction
HIGH and LOW control pin output values
I2C on any of the 15 pin pairs
SPI using any group of 2/3 pins
HWPWM on ARMmite/ARMweb
Software PWM on any pin with 256 levels
FREQOUT on any pin upto 50 KHz
PULSIN and PULSOUT will measure or output a pulse
SHIFTIN, SHIFTOUT can be used for SPI or MicroWire devices
OWIN and OWOUT support one-wire devices
SERIN, SEROUT can be used for low duty cycle asynchronous serial ports on any pin upto 115Kbaud
RCTIME will measure a capacitive delay

Support for 32-bit variables and Strings

Arrays

Static arrays supported, up to 32KB in size on the ARMexpress, 4KB on the ARMmite

Memory Limits

All arrays, variables and strings are allocated from a 32KB space on the ARMexpress, 4KB on the ARMmite
Code will include user programs, constant strings (used in expressions or PRINT), DATA constants.
On the ARMexpress 48KB is available for user programs, and an additional 8KB is available for DATA constants and constant strings. 4KB of this space (overlays DATA area) can be written into Flash and functions as non-volatile memory. Note that Flash may be written a minimum of 100K times.
On the ARMmite 19KB is available for user programs, and 1KB shared for DATA constants (256 max) and constant strings.

Direct Hardware Access

Debugging support

Included with any module

The ARMmite and ARMexpress compile their programs on the PC and they are downloaded using BASICtools, that compiler is part of the utilities available on CD or download from Coridium