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Looking for command line loader

pdeetspdeets Posts: 2
edited 2010-09-20 17:31 in Propeller 1
Hello, I'm new to the propeller. I discovered it via the HYDRA game development kit which I bought in an electronics store. I am a computer programmer, but I have not done much in the area of microprocessors; so I thought it might be an interesting hobby. So far I am quite pleased with the propeller chip.

However, I am not really a fan of the software. I normally prefer command-line tools for development although I do use Visual Studio some and don't mind that. I use Windows 7. I got Homespun to work for a command-line compiler. (The link was broken in the wiki, but I managed to figure out the correct link then edit the wiki to fix it.) I am now looking for a command-line tool to load the compiled code onto the propeller.

I have found two forum posts that appear to advertise tools that would do this, but I can't find the download links for either tool. Here are the two links:
Can anyone tell me where I can download either of these two tools? Also, if there is a better Windows-compatible command-line compiler or loader, please let me know.

Thanks,
Phil Deets

Edit: In case it matters for compiler suggestions. I am mostly interested in ASM programming. Poor spin support is fine as long as the assembler works well.

Comments

  • RossHRossH Posts: 5,520
    edited 2010-09-20 00:06
    Hi Phil,

    You are probably looking for the "Propellent" command line loader. It is available on this page - http://www.parallax.com/tabid/832/Default.aspx

    I wrote a C version of Remy Blank's python loader and included it in Catalina. It is called "payload". Catalina is available here - http://sourceforge.net/projects/catalina-c
  • pdeetspdeets Posts: 2
    edited 2010-09-20 00:15
    Excellent. Thank you very much. I had no idea there was an official tool to do this. Thanks for the quick reply too.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2010-09-20 02:24
    Also try out the BST IDE which has companion comand line compiler and loader programs, BSTC and BSTL. They run on mac and linux as well.
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-09-20 07:09
    pdeets: Welcome to the prop forum. As heater said, bst is a great program and can be run from command lines under windoze, mac osx or linux.
  • mparkmpark Posts: 1,305
    edited 2010-09-20 17:31
    pdeets, thanks for updating the Homespun wiki page.

    With tongue in cheek I add that Sphinx is another command-line compiler.
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