Do you have extra Propeller to part with?

John


--- "Jamie C. Pole" <jcpole@jcpa.com> wrote:

> 
> I work with the Prop quite a bit.  My applications
> are mostly related  
> to using the Prop as a multiprocessing MCU, rather
> than playing with  
> the multimedia aspects that a lot of people are gaga
> over.
> 
> One of my more recent apps was an autonomous roaming
> robotic system  
> incorporating an RF telemetry uplink, GPS, an
> electric compass, and  
> an accelerometer.  I built it using several PICs
> initially, then  
> rebuilt it using a single Prop - actually, only 6
> cogs out of the  
> Prop.  Individual PICs can probably be clocked
> faster than a Prop.   
> The PICs also have a better selection of internal
> peripherals,  
> whereas the Prop is really geared toward maximizing
> I/O lines.
> 
> The Spin language (the Prop can be programmed in
> Spin, or assembly)  
> is fairly simple, but it suffers from being
> indentation-sensitive.   
> I'm not a big fan of artificial, arbitrary syntax,
> but Spin is pretty  
> easy to learn.  Also, the programming software is
> free, and the  
> required hardware is pretty cheap.  The Prop can
> also boot entirely  
> from an external I2C EEPROM.
> 
> I'm still waiting for Parallax to release a Prop
> development board,  
> and a Prop with more I/O lines, but otherwise, it's
> a great platform.
> 
> If you have a specific question, ask away...  BTW -
> unless I missed  
> something, the Prop is not related to the SX.
> 
> Jamie
> 
> 
> On Dec 26, 2006, at 7:38 AM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> 
> > On 12/22/06, John Chung <kravnus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Philip do you have any SX propeller? Looks like a
> >> great MCU.
> >>
> >
> > Looks like an interesting MCU.
> >
> > Anybody tried one of the kits offered by Parallax?
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