A microcontroller can measure, control, and regulate. With the TestLab presented in another article, controller boards such as the Arduino Nano and Raspberry Pi Pico can be used for such tasks, conveniently controlled via a PC interface that can also display measurement curves. To allow tests and measurements to run without manual operation, the TLScript scripting language was developed.  

The small TLScript programming environment is part of TestLab, which is presented in another article in this issue. It was developed to create manageable utility programs for measurements, tests, and experiments.

When you work with a scripting language only occasionally, you always need some time to get familiar with it again. How did that work, what was the keyword called, is the desired function available? TLScript is intentionally kept so compact that all available keywords always remain visible. This means you can hardly forget anything.

Getting Started with TLScript

First, the fir...