Can't load code on QuickStart

vferdman

I just bought a Parallax QuickStart with P8X32A (Rev. A board). I can not seem to load code into it using Simple IDE. I am new to the Parallax, but have over 15 years of professional embedded commercial software development experience. Just need some help with QuickStart. It seems to be missing from any of the tutorials. Did I get the wrong board? I am trying to set up an educational platform for my 11 year old son.

Thanks!

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Vladimir

jazzed

Hi.

Sorry you're having trouble. The Quickstart can be programmed with SimpleIDE using the default settings.

If you open the Build status window (hammer button at bottom center), it will give some debugging information.

Please right-click the Build status to select all, and copy/paste the contents here so we can see what's happening.

Thanks.

vferdman

Well, the build produces no errors, but the load and run used to produce an error. However when I tried to recreate it this morning everything works just fine. I did download and install "Spin" yesterday. That package came with another USB driver. Perhaps that is why things started to work with the Simple IDE. In any case, I am up and running with the QuickStart in Simple environment. Thanks for the quick response.

I do have another question. What is the best document to look at to figure out what all the LEDs are on the board besides the blue button LEDs. Seems like there are lots of others, but I have no idea what they are. Also, I see many tutorials on other boards, but not much on the QuickStart. Is there something for that board? I'd like to know where the buttons and blue LEDs are connected to. I think I can find the source code to the sample program that is on the EPROM. Perhaps that's the place to start....

Thanks again! This should be fun.

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Vladimir

twm47099

vferdman wrote: »

Well, the build produces no errors, but the load and run used to produce an error. However when I tried to recreate it this morning everything works just fine. I did download and install "Spin" yesterday. That package came with another USB driver. Perhaps that is why things started to work with the Simple IDE. In any case, I am up and running with the QuickStart in Simple environment. Thanks for the quick response.

I do have another question. What is the best document to look at to figure out what all the LEDs are on the board besides the blue button LEDs. Seems like there are lots of others, but I have no idea what they are. Also, I see many tutorials on other boards, but not much on the QuickStart. Is there something for that board? I'd like to know where the buttons and blue LEDs are connected to. I think I can find the source code to the sample program that is on the EPROM. Perhaps that's the place to start....

Thanks again! This should be fun.
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Vladimir

There is some useful info for the quickstart on the parallax semiconductor site:

http://www.parallaxsemiconductor.com/quickstart
Then click on each of the 4 tabs (features, setup&programing, specs, and open source design),

Hope this helps.
Tom

vferdman

twm47099 wrote: »

There is some useful info for the quickstart on the parallax semiconductor site:

http://www.parallaxsemiconductor.com/quickstart
Then click on each of the 4 tabs (features, setup&programing, specs, and open source design),

Hope this helps.
Tom

Thanks. I am reading the documentation that came in PDFs with the software. So far a reference manual and an assembly reference. All good. Will take a little time to digest since I am not spending too much time on it.

Is there a reference of the C libraries I can use? I assume I can use the same libraries as the BOА, etc.

Also, what's a good place to learn about the multi-core abilities of this chip? I understand it has 8 cores, but how do you use them? Is there a way to assign code to a particular core? Is there a way to communicate between cores? Where is the documentation on all of this?

Thanks!

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Vladimir

jazzed

Learn Parallax PropellerC: http://learn.parallax.com/propeller-c

SimpleIDE has User-Guide and Library links.

My .signature has more info.

vferdman wrote: »

Thanks. I am reading the documentation that came in PDFs with the software. So far a reference manual and an assembly reference. All good. Will take a little time to digest since I am not spending too much time on it.

Is there a reference of the C libraries I can use? I assume I can use the same libraries as the BOА, etc.

Also, what's a good place to learn about the multi-core abilities of this chip? I understand it has 8 cores, but how do you use them? Is there a way to assign code to a particular core? Is there a way to communicate between cores? Where is the documentation on all of this?

Thanks!

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Vladimir