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SyTrepTSyTrepT Posts: 2
edited 2008-09-14 15:43 in General Discussion
Hey people. I just signed up.

I have no coding experience what so ever, and I just decided to sign up to read topics and stuff.
I just bought This and That and it should be in my mailbox or doorstep in a week or two.

I'm excited to learn how to program!
Ok, I know a lot of HTML,CSS, and some javascript... but thats webpage stuff.

Anyways... feel free to call me a moron at will when I begin posting random questions
about how to use SPIN/Propellor....


Hahahaha.


btw, the application will be exotic LED lighting for my bike






CYA.
-Sytrept.






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  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2008-09-11 21:19
    Hope your good at SMD soldering. If not get some practice and a GOOD soldering iron before you try these boards. Here is another toy and should be easier to build.

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  • SyTrepTSyTrepT Posts: 2
    edited 2008-09-13 18:03
    My solder pen runs way too hot for electronics... so I do def need to find another one and a fine tip.


    oh, and I meant motorcycle, not bicycle :/
    But that is a neat project.
    I might do it down the road and put it on my ceiling fan!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2008-09-14 15:43
    The Propeller/SPIN is a great starting point, but using it for blinking lights is really a waste of its true abilities. You can create video or do 32bit mathematics.

    Of course, we all start with blinking lights just to make sure the hardware and software are working. But I expect you will soon be thinking of more exotic devices.

    The SX28 might be better suited for a blinking lights project as a finished project.

    But it SPIN you will find you can almost do the whole project is just a few lines of code. After all, with 32 I/O pins and 32bits; you can have roughly 28 LED directly fed to the Propeller. 4 I/O pins are already occupied.

    One 32bit word turns them on in any combination, the inverse turns them off. The rest is up to your creativity of shifting left and right or creating more complex patterns as data tables.

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