Regarding message #51: I know this has been discussed briefly before, but the whole notion of constructing "peripheral blocks" in software is not featured prominently enough in descriptions of the Propeller.
An App Note is definitely needed for this subject. Another possibility would be to offer pre-configured binary images (+ source) that would allow somebody to just load it and go. They could pick the image based on the peripherals already configured. This would give them easy access, the source would be available if needed / wanted, and would remove the necessity of having to configure everything all the time.
Regarding the Obex... it's a mess. This is fine for the "community", but it's not fine for "non-community" developers. My suggestion is to create an accessible git repo under the Parallax Semiconductor umbrella that would be filled with gold standard objects. Parallax would be the only committer to this repo, but anybody could clone it at will to have their own local repo.
Parallax could solicit help from the community to pick a list of Obex objects for review / inclusion in the repo, and then bring them up to the gold standard. This should help new developers by giving them solid blocks for building their applications, without needing to wade through the Obex.
[obex mess]My suggestion is to create an accessible git repo under the Parallax Semiconductor umbrella that would be filled with gold standard objects. Parallax would be the only committer to this repo, but anybody could clone it at will to have their own local repo.
+1.
Of all the stuff I'm working with here and there the by far easiest and nicest ones are where you can clone a git repo.
They even support mac in their tutorial.
I would like to see Parallax PEK remain superior with Mac support.
Also we know a "What's a Prop" manual is in the works and we're excited
about that too. It's going to be a great companion to the already
superior PEK.
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/AIK/ARDX-EG-SPAR-WEB-REV10.pdf
Nice artistic layout however impossible to see the component positioning on page 12 etc.
I tried enlarging the PDF file but it was still blurry.. The drawn schematics, text
and links are all very clear and working well. Photos and related pictorials need higher res.
Call me a Spoilsport, but coming from a 'Production Engineering' background in the UK, we'd *never* let those soft, fleshy fingers be used as a clamping/guiding mechanism so close to a sawblade ...
T o n y
On my kit the transistors were soldered onto little square PCBs, with small holes in the corners for the springs to poke through.
(The wires connecting the transistor to the rest of the circuit then locked the pcb in place)
Waves of nostalgia - yes I had the same or similar kit, can visualise those transistor break-out boards now you remind me! And I'm remembering
some large brown capacitors and a bulb holder with red filter that plugged over the bulb. And a CdS LDR...
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An App Note is definitely needed for this subject. Another possibility would be to offer pre-configured binary images (+ source) that would allow somebody to just load it and go. They could pick the image based on the peripherals already configured. This would give them easy access, the source would be available if needed / wanted, and would remove the necessity of having to configure everything all the time.
Regarding the Obex... it's a mess. This is fine for the "community", but it's not fine for "non-community" developers. My suggestion is to create an accessible git repo under the Parallax Semiconductor umbrella that would be filled with gold standard objects. Parallax would be the only committer to this repo, but anybody could clone it at will to have their own local repo.
Parallax could solicit help from the community to pick a list of Obex objects for review / inclusion in the repo, and then bring them up to the gold standard. This should help new developers by giving them solid blocks for building their applications, without needing to wade through the Obex.
Here's a further look into the production of the BASIC Stamp 2
-MaddieTheIntern
Who knew?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-Bluetooth-RS232-TTL-Transceiver-Module-/180712359122?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a134bc4d2
-Matt
So, does this mean you have to make the BS2's 20% larger, so they're the right size when they come out of the wash?
Anyway, this is one of those "of course this is how they do it" moments.
Of all the stuff I'm working with here and there the by far easiest and nicest ones are where you can clone a git repo.
-Tor
I would like to see Parallax PEK remain superior with Mac support.
Also we know a "What's a Prop" manual is in the works and we're excited
about that too. It's going to be a great companion to the already
superior PEK.
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/AIK/ARDX-EG-SPAR-WEB-REV10.pdf
Nice artistic layout however impossible to see the component positioning on page 12 etc.
I tried enlarging the PDF file but it was still blurry.. The drawn schematics, text
and links are all very clear and working well. Photos and related pictorials need higher res.
T o n y
Waves of nostalgia - yes I had the same or similar kit, can visualise those transistor break-out boards now you remind me! And I'm remembering
some large brown capacitors and a bulb holder with red filter that plugged over the bulb. And a CdS LDR...