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New to SX - some questions

Suzuki PhilSuzuki Phil Posts: 10
edited 2005-04-20 14:17 in General Discussion
A few months ago I was the guy looking to smooth the voltage from a manifold absolute sensor on my turbo'd car. I got around to setting up my SX lite demo board and everything went well. I've been able to download a couple of example programs and watch an led blink.

Now for the questions.

1. I purchased "Programming the SX Microcontroller, A Complete Guide" and have the tech manual that came with the kit. Problem is I know nothing of assembly language (I know some Basic and Fortran). Should I instead use the SX/B format which is easier to learn and understand?
2. Does anyone on this board offers contract programming services?

Thanks,

Philip

Comments

  • KenMKenM Posts: 657
    edited 2005-04-18 02:55
    I would suggest using SXB, if you have no assembly experience.

    Build the program in very small chunks. You can then click on RUN > VIEW LIST to see the assembly equivalent to start to learn assembly.

    Bean who participates in this forum does consulting work and I am sure he could write you a nice program.

    http://www.hittconsulting.com/

    k
  • kb2hapkb2hap Posts: 218
    edited 2005-04-18 02:58
    Go with SX/B Its great to start with. They are comming out with a new version with added features in the next few weeks. but get started with it now. you can write the SX/B and compile to ASM (it shows the ASM with the SX/B code as comments). This way you can slowly learn ASM by seeing how each SX/B line of code compiles to ASM.

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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-04-18 03:02
    I'll add my 2 cents. Yes I would go with SX/B. And yes I can assist you (thanks for the plug Ken).
    www.hittconsulting.com or terry@hittconsulting.com

    Bean.

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  • Guenther DaubachGuenther Daubach Posts: 1,321
    edited 2005-04-18 07:06
    Makes 6 cents in total smile.gif .

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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2005-04-18 10:53
    Sorry about that... Misbehaving DSL line there...
    Bean.

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  • dufflingduffling Posts: 73
    edited 2005-04-20 11:10
    Actually im a begginer also , and to be honest I went strait into learning assembly and i think it gave me a much more clear over view off how the whole SX chip actually works
    im still getting my head around some topics as we speak .. but the basics were a lot less painful than i thought
  • KenMKenM Posts: 657
    edited 2005-04-20 14:17
    If you don't already have Guenthers book on programming the SX I recommend you purchase it, start at page one and slowly work through it.

    http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=70002

    $0.02
    duffling said...
    Actually im a begginer also , and to be honest I went strait into learning assembly and i think it gave me a much more clear over view off how the whole SX chip actually works
    im still getting my head around some topics as we speak .. but the basics were a lot less painful than i thought
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