Learn TINYBASIC with Real Code Examples

Educational kits and retrocomputing products

Microcontroller hobbyist boards

Teaching programming fundamentals

Simple DIY electronics

Learning platforms for small hardware

Mostly stable; minimal development needed

Maintain retrocomputing and hobbyist interest

Tiny BASIC variants for microcontrollers

Community projects and emulators

Educational adaptation for modern hardware

Complex IoT or networked applications

Commercial embedded production

Real-time control requiring multitasking

Advanced mathematics or data processing

Projects needing modern libraries or OS support

Tiny BASIC is a minimalist, interpretable version of BASIC.

Designed for extremely limited hardware and educational purposes.

Supports basic programming constructs, line-numbered code, and minimal I/O.

Ideal for retrocomputing, microcontrollers, and learning programming fundamentals.

Extremely lightweight, easy to deploy, and simple to understand.

Is Tiny BASIC beginner-friendly?

Yes, it is extremely simple and suitable for learning basic programming.

Can Tiny BASIC run on modern microcontrollers?

Yes, many implementations exist for Arduino, PIC, and AVR boards.

Does Tiny BASIC support floating-point math?

Most variants only support integers; some extended versions include floats.

Can Tiny BASIC handle multitasking?

No, it runs sequentially in a single-threaded interpreter.

Is it suitable for commercial applications?

Generally no; it's mostly educational or for hobbyist use.