Catalyst + P8X32A-D40 + SD Card + Composite Video
jdarling
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I'll start this by saying I just started with the Propeller (actually still waiting for it to arrive in the mail) and am still in the research stage, but have experience working with other micros.
I'm looking for (what I hope is) a very simple setup where I will utilize the DIP version of the Propeller 1 with an SD Card and a Composite Video output (NTSC/PAL doesn't matter) to create a basic UI for my Hack a Day project called Baby Phone (http://hackaday.io/project/2172-Baby-Phone)
After a lot of reading it seems that Catalyst can provide exactly this and more with just a few compiler options and me setting up the hardware correctly. Am I making a proper assumption or did I miss something somewhere?
Any suggestions on the wiring, what pins should I use, better or worse ways to prototype such a thing, etc...?
Would also like some details on how exactly I get from point A to point B. Here is what I think I need to do:
Get the chip in
Decide on the hardware setup
Configure Catalyst to use my hardware setup
Compile Catalyst and upload it to the chip
Create the programs in a supported language (BASIC, Lua, etc) on the SD Card to be ran inside Catalyst
...
Thanks,
- Jeremy
I'm looking for (what I hope is) a very simple setup where I will utilize the DIP version of the Propeller 1 with an SD Card and a Composite Video output (NTSC/PAL doesn't matter) to create a basic UI for my Hack a Day project called Baby Phone (http://hackaday.io/project/2172-Baby-Phone)
After a lot of reading it seems that Catalyst can provide exactly this and more with just a few compiler options and me setting up the hardware correctly. Am I making a proper assumption or did I miss something somewhere?
Any suggestions on the wiring, what pins should I use, better or worse ways to prototype such a thing, etc...?
Would also like some details on how exactly I get from point A to point B. Here is what I think I need to do:
Get the chip in
Decide on the hardware setup
Configure Catalyst to use my hardware setup
Compile Catalyst and upload it to the chip
Create the programs in a supported language (BASIC, Lua, etc) on the SD Card to be ran inside Catalyst
...
Thanks,
- Jeremy
Comments
If so that software does not run on the prop.
If so, Catalyst is not really a UI - it is a simple command-line type environment (think "DOS shell") that allows you to load and run programs from the SD card.
Ross.