Need suggestions for Spin education

John Michael

Hello, I am new to the Propeller and need to learn the Basics to program in Spin. I need to understand how to call and include objects ect. It seems like I have run into examples that include assembly language and examples that turn on an LED but need something in between. Is their a book available or PDF that explains examples in Spin in more detail than the Prop manual?

Thanks,
JMLSTAMP2P

Never Mind, I found the questions and answers section :>)

Humanoido

Check the PEK book which is a free download at the Parallax web site. Also check the sticky in the Propeller forum for the tutorials. You can also read the archives for valuable information and various posted code. Parallax also has Propeller questions and answers which is very helpful as a precursor to writing Spin code.

StefanL38

Hello and welcome John

Feel free to post as many simple and basic questions as you like.

Just start the PE-Kit Labs and ask whatever you want to ask.

The members in this forum are really friendly and patient even with the
most basic questions. I often think the propeller-chip is a microcontroller
that is attractive to people that are very open-minded and therefore patient.

Please do the "medium-neewbees" a big favor and ask really basic questions that can be answered by "medium-newbees".

If you look through the threads of this forum you will find basic questions
and high advanced questions and threads. So this is a place for everyone.

From beginners learning how to code for the first time up to assembler-tweaking-freakin-freaks doing things that make the brains of other assembler-tweaking-freaks SPIN in twisted-circles ;-)

Parallax and the members of this forum always like to improve the
"feel-at-home-factor" as much as possible.

You wil NEVER get a "RTFM" (read that f... manual) as an answer.
You will get good will and direct help or a detailed hints WHERE in the manual more detailed information can be found.

So just start a new thread with a 3-20 lines description what you want to do and how far you did come and a question. In most cases it is good to add your code as attachment.

best regards

Stefan (just a simple forum member that has asked a lot of questions)

Invent-O-Doc

@John Michael,

Welcome to the forum and the propeller. It is a really fun thing to program, and I'm speaking as a regular person (there are a lot a really smart engineers on this forum). Stefan's advice of the PE-kit labs or even the manual with the development software is a very good place to start. There are books that you can buy but they are best to check out after you've mastered the basics that you can get for free.

Hopefully, you have a demo board so you can see some of the sound and video screen application potential of the platform. (Most demo programs use a TV display or serial terminal )

Also, feel free to ask any questions here - nobody will pounce on you.

Invent-O-Doc

Oh, I just re-read the first post and saw that John is already blinking LEDs and stuff. In the case, try this book: Programming & Customizing the Multicore Propeller Microcontroller: Official Guide . It is the best comprehensive beginner-intermediate guide. 'Programming the propeller with spin' is also nifty and has some interesting projects, but I would go throught the official guide first.

John Michael

Thank you to everyone, a Product is only as good as the people behind it. It looks like Programming the Propeller is going to be a Pleasent adventure!
Sincerely,
John Michael