Best propeller to start off with
SciTech02
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Would the demo board or the stick kit work better for starting off?· I'm looking for a expandible one.· The stick seems like the best one, is it?· Thank you.
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Availability of IO pins :
-The demo board has 8 pins that are entirely free for use in whatever application you want. The other pins are already hooked up to peripherals such as keyboard/mouse ports, VGA port, a microphone jack, and a connector for a TV. This is great if you want to test these features without having to wire up all the ports on your own.
-The stick has all of the pins free for whatever you want to use them for. This is great if you don't want a mouse port or a VGA port and you want more than 8 pins available to you
Ease of use:
-The demo board requires no assembly.....it's ready to go out of the box
-The prop stick requires assembly and you are responsible for properly hooking it up to whatever board you plug it into
Misc. points of interest:
-You cannot remove the propeller chip on the demo board, it is soldered on. The chip on the stick is socketed.
-The demo board cannot as easily be "plugged" into a board for a project you are working on. It is designed to have the prototyping done on its included breadboard area. The stick is designed to be plugged in as a DIP module on any project you are working on. Handy!
So to make a long answer short....if you want something that you can use on a working project that demands more than 8 free I/O pins, I would go with the Prop-Stick. If you are looking for a solution that allows you to quickly and easily evaluate all the various I/O capability of the propeller (such as video output or keyboard/mouse processing and such) and you do not require more than 8 free I/O pins to accomplish the things you want, I would go with the demo board. If you do not have much electronics knowledge or soldering skills, I would also recommend the demo board because you might not assemble or connect the Prop-Stick properly. The demo board is significantly more fool proof but less versatile in terms of broad use.
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I am personaly going to go for the PROP stick.· I like the ability·to intergrate it·into a project.· I have no problem assembling it (I think it might be fun).· I can also put it directly onto a breadboard for optimum prototyping space (yay), and it's expandible·too.· And it's cheeper.
All I need is some kind of starters guide to the propeller and programing it (in both languages)...
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