If you are new to programming and new to the Propeller micro-controller in particular I would suggest getting to grips with Spin.
Spin is very simple and the manual is very good.
When you have questions about it many here will be glad to help.
I write about Propeller programming (mostly Spin with some PASM) for Nuts & Volts magazine -- these articles from my column may be helpful as they are project based.
The Propeller Manual and the Propeller Education Kit documentation are installed with the Propeller Tool. You can access these PDFs through the Help menu.
I write about Propeller programming (mostly Spin with some PASM) for Nuts & Volts magazine -- these articles from my column may be helpful as they are project based.
The Propeller Manual and the Propeller Education Kit documentation are installed with the Propeller Tool. You can access these PDFs through the Help menu.
Not a tutorial, but I always have the Propeller Reference Manual (saved in PDF form for quick access) open in the background when I'm coding in Spin (or asm)...
Check out post #3 of my index. There are links to a bunch of Spin and PASM tutorials.
I second the Spin Zone comment and the first Propeller manual comment(links to both in my index).
The Spin Zone articles on PASM where probably the largest single contributor to my learning to use PASM (though the other sources of info were also important).
It would seem that version 1.01 of the Propeller Manual has good stuff that version 1.1 and greater does not, namely the tutorial. I find that odd and it explains why I found the current version lacking.
Anyway, I'll go away for a while and read that chapter 3 tutorial.
I've found that any of the "Propeller Manuals" are just references with no tutorial (aka "how to"). Am I missing something?
Yes you are. The Propeller Manual Ver 1.01 and earlier included a whole chapter that was a Spin tutorial. In later revisions, the tutorial was removed and an abbreviated version of it was included in the Propeller Tool in an Html version.
I actually have excerpted that Chapter and migrated it to a pdf for my own reading.
Soooo, some of the most useful information was moved to the least obvious location... :swear:
Anyway - yes Loopy - I did what you did, and I have a copy of that section still warm from the printer. I was just PM'ing with Duane saying I now understand cognew. Amazing what happens when having something to read in hand.
Wonderful.... I created the pdf file just so I could easily print the whole tutorial. I have been reluctant to share it because it doesn't have the front page material about copyrights, author, and publisher.
But since I use LInux and Brad's Spin Tool, I don't have the PropTool Html version available.
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If you are new to programming and new to the Propeller micro-controller in particular I would suggest getting to grips with Spin.
Spin is very simple and the manual is very good.
When you have questions about it many here will be glad to help.
Heater - I'm interested in learning Spin. Of what manual do you speak?
Thanks Andy. I read the first one you referenced and it didn't "float my boat". The writer's approach and my way of learning were not compatible.
I'll check out your second reference.
-- http://classic.parallax.com/tabid/781/Default.aspx
The Propeller Manual and the Propeller Education Kit documentation are installed with the Propeller Tool. You can access these PDFs through the Help menu.
...thanky Sir.
http://www.parallax.com/downloads/p8x32a-propeller-manual
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Rick - when you say "first version", what's that?
I've found that any of the "Propeller Manuals" are just references with no tutorial (aka "how to"). Am I missing something?
I'll stop now.
Check out post #3 of my index. There are links to a bunch of Spin and PASM tutorials.
I second the Spin Zone comment and the first Propeller manual comment(links to both in my index).
The Spin Zone articles on PASM where probably the largest single contributor to my learning to use PASM (though the other sources of info were also important).
It would seem that version 1.01 of the Propeller Manual has good stuff that version 1.1 and greater does not, namely the tutorial. I find that odd and it explains why I found the current version lacking.
Anyway, I'll go away for a while and read that chapter 3 tutorial.
Yes you are. The Propeller Manual Ver 1.01 and earlier included a whole chapter that was a Spin tutorial. In later revisions, the tutorial was removed and an abbreviated version of it was included in the Propeller Tool in an Html version.
I actually have excerpted that Chapter and migrated it to a pdf for my own reading.
Soooo, some of the most useful information was moved to the least obvious location...
Anyway - yes Loopy - I did what you did, and I have a copy of that section still warm from the printer. I was just PM'ing with Duane saying I now understand cognew. Amazing what happens when having something to read in hand.
But since I use LInux and Brad's Spin Tool, I don't have the PropTool Html version available.
Edit: It's Here
Thanks much, but it blew up just after "Spin Lesson 3: Structuring Code", with some sort of "not found/try again" message.