What's new?
kaboom
Posts: 12
in Propeller 2
Hello Parallax, thecommunity, and all with the Internet!
I have been discussing the P1 on the forum, heard that the P2 is under development, and became interested.
First, what is new? What can I expect from this one that the P1 didn't have? Does it have 32 or 64 pins?
Second, I would like to suggest improvements. Here are some, in order of most desired to last desired.
1. Easier stack management
2. Serial built in
3. Internal EEPROM
4. Faster clock speeds/PLL multiplier
I have been discussing the P1 on the forum, heard that the P2 is under development, and became interested.
First, what is new? What can I expect from this one that the P1 didn't have? Does it have 32 or 64 pins?
Second, I would like to suggest improvements. Here are some, in order of most desired to last desired.
1. Easier stack management
2. Serial built in
3. Internal EEPROM
4. Faster clock speeds/PLL multiplier
Comments
2. Serial hardware is sort in-flux at the moment. Chip is right at this very moment finishing "SmartPins" - which has features for bit shifters I think.
3. External booting is still required. Although there is talk of possible cold booting directly from SD card. (TBD)
4. Clock speed is at least doubled, maybe more. Instruction speed is also doubled, making for 4x or 5x MIPS per Cog. And lastly, number of Cogs is doubled as well. LMM is now in hardware, called HubExec, and can run up to native Cog speed.