how to learn assembly language

n.borrero

quick question!

i would like to learn the assembly language as applied to the propeller chip. can anyone recommend a good book for this? i like books that have a "learn by doing" approach. i'd prefer not to get a textbook as that would prolly run me around $80 or so. i'm not a veteran programmer, but i do understand programming. whenever i look at code in objects that contain assembly, i understand what it's doing so i don't think i'll have much trouble learning it.

thanks in advance.

jazzed

Try this: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=668559

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Timmoore

And the prop manual
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Books/Propeller/tabid/171/CategoryID/45/List/0/Level/a/ProductID/377/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName

n.borrero

yea, i have the manual already. i'll try using that link and the manual together n see if that's enough to figure it out. thanks for the info.

Nick McClick

In the assembly language forum there are two tutorials. DeSilva's is pretty good, but I found the translation a little rough. I found Potatohead's tutorial (in the same thread) to be more approachable. Once I finished that, I used DeSilva's tutorial for additional reference.

Good luck! Oh - you'll probably run into some math questions - the propeller wiki has a great article on it here.

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Concentrate on understanding the problem, not applying the tool

Capt. Quirk

Will there be a book published by Parallax available in the near future. Or maybe after the Prop-2 is released?

Graham Stabler

You will find the other tutorials excellent but if you want a simple launch into assembly on the prop try my 4 step plan, it gives you the basics you need and will get you to a point where the manual is much more useful as a reference:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=647408