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Man!, I love this chip!

Tim CreedTim Creed Posts: 4
edited 2010-06-11 19:26 in Propeller 1
What a great chip. I'm a prop newbie. Had an idea for an AV jog controller with a quadrature encoder spitting out speed readings as a high speed serial stream. 45 minutes later, I'm done.

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  • bazibazi Posts: 29
    edited 2010-06-09 02:01
    I love it too. No need for telling everyone [noparse];)[/noparse]

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2010-06-09 02:26
    Nah... No problem there.. [noparse]:)[/noparse] We've all fallen for the Propeller as some time or another.

    Now, go outside one last time and enjoy the fresh air.... [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    Parallax has a twelve step program, but be warned, it will only intensify the addiction. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    OBC

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2010-06-09 03:01
    Oldbitcollector said...
    Nah... No problem there.. [noparse]:)[/noparse] We've all fallen for the Propeller as some time or another.

    Now, go outside one last time and enjoy the fresh air.... [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    Parallax has a twelve step program, but be warned, it will only intensify the addiction. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
    Is that because you go through the last eight·steps·simultaneously? ·
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2010-06-09 04:19
    sylvie369 - LOL!!

    That's our plan!! ... the first 4 steps are only designed to get you to NIBBLE

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  • Clock LoopClock Loop Posts: 2,069
    edited 2010-06-09 05:40
    Soon you will be buying prop chips as a sound "investment" to hedge against the unreliable investment of our 401k's. LOL.

    The new currency of the USA? PROP CHIPS.

    Heh.
  • Ym2413aYm2413a Posts: 630
    edited 2010-06-09 06:21
    Clock Loop said...
    Soon you will be buying prop chips as a sound "investment" to hedge against the unreliable investment of our 401k's. LOL.

    The new currency of the USA? PROP CHIPS.

    Heh.

    I'd take Prop Chips over 401k's any day. :P

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  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2010-06-09 09:27
    Pretty much everyone that tries the Prop loves it.

    We just have to get more people to try them...I keep
    suggesting them at work but so far they are sticking
    mostly with ARM. I hate coding for an ARM project when
    I just know that a prop would be better. The prop does
    not fit every project but sometimes it's an elegant and
    inexpensive solution.
  • Chris_DChris_D Posts: 305
    edited 2010-06-09 11:50
    Hi, my name is Chris, and I too am a junkie.· We meet everyday here to help support one another with our addictions.· It is a great support group ;-)

    The prop certainly has its advantages and from the little I know about micros, Parallax really designed it to fill a big void where other micros fall short.· For me, I use them with other micros and have found that it plays nice with other micros.

    Enjoy!

    Chris
  • heaterheater Posts: 3,370
    edited 2010-06-09 11:58
    Chris_D: What only once a day? Coming here for support with our addiction is rather like going to the pub for help with a drink problem. People just love to help you..err..drink[noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • BradCBradC Posts: 2,601
    edited 2010-06-09 14:16
    Just one more refresh before I go to bed <twitch>

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  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    edited 2010-06-09 15:45
    The Prop and the forum combined...incredible.

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  • Sal AmmoniacSal Ammoniac Posts: 213
    edited 2010-06-09 18:38
    HollyMinkowski said...
    Pretty much everyone that tries the Prop loves it.

    We just have to get more people to try them...I keep
    suggesting them at work but so far they are sticking
    mostly with ARM. I hate coding for an ARM project when
    I just know that a prop would be better. The prop does
    not fit every project but sometimes it's an elegant and
    inexpensive solution.

    Combine the two and get the best of both worlds: the Propeller for I/O and the ARM for the heavy application lifting (floating point, large code space, etc.)

    I've done two projects recently using this approach and it works well.
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2010-06-09 18:52
    Sal Ammoniac

    I have done that very thing...it's great way to use a prop.
    To combine it with another MCU type.

    I had one project I built using a prop dip chip on a perf board.
    I needed just a bit more functionality so I just glued a tiny AVR
    upside down onto the top of the prop and did point to point wiring. A guy at
    work pointed at the tiny and said "what the hell is that" I said
    "that's the 9nth processor" smile.gif
  • w8anw8an Posts: 176
    edited 2010-06-09 23:09
    The "9nth" [noparse][[/noparse]ninth] processor... I love it!
  • John MintonJohn Minton Posts: 23
    edited 2010-06-10 01:34
    Oldbitcollector said...
    Nah... No problem there.. [noparse]:)[/noparse] We've all fallen for the Propeller as some time or another.

    Now, go outside one last time and enjoy the fresh air.... [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    Parallax has a twelve step program, but be warned, it will only intensify the addiction. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    OBC



    Can't breathe....need air...

    lol

    (I'm brand new too)
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2010-06-10 02:40
    There are only two reactions to the Prop: WTF and OMG.

    We're here because we did OMG. The Prop does so much with so little that it has to be put on the suspect list for causes of the big bang.
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2010-06-10 15:03
    You forgot LOL!!

    Those were my three, in order: WTF, OMG, LOL!!!

    WTF was my reaction on seeing the block diagram. OMG happened after seeing some of the early work, and making the connection on cogs, interrupts, and how that all fits together. LOL happened after I ran some of my first efforts, and it was just being happy to have fun. Now LOL happens when I see others reactions, more often than not.

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  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2010-06-11 01:01
    I stand corrected, potatohead. I've definitely done LOL too but not so much as an INITIAL reaction ... LOL.
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-06-11 07:40
    I found the prop while waiting for my PIC gear to arrive. It now sits in the cupbard unused as I immediately ordered the Prop and have never looked back. I have designed a lot of products in the past with micros. I only wish I had a prop back then (even a scaled back one to be equivalent with the current state of the art would have been fantastic).

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  • HarpritHarprit Posts: 539
    edited 2010-06-11 19:26
    Here is the first sentence in my book for beginners

    Before we start I would like to share a secret with you: Once you learn to use the Propeller in its parallel processing environment, you will be hard pressed to ever again use a conventional processor, for the kind of tasks small microcontrollers are designed for. The Propeller system is both incredibly powerful and incredibly easy to use. You will be glad to have learned how to use it.

    Harprit
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