PropMag-2008-05
Title:PropMag-2008-05
Author:216.193.149.248
Published:Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:01:48 GMT

Prop Magazine - May 2008

last issue April 2008
next issue June 2008

Ramblings by the editor


Welcome to the 4th edition of Prop Magazine. Everyone is welcome to create new sections and add new links.; there is no need to login to or register do so.

Events


Oldbitcollector's Unofficial Propeller expo NE: SATURDAY - AUGUST 23RD
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=246525&p=3

Software


Propellent Library and Executable - standalone Windows SPIN and ASM compiler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270747

Getting two copies of the PropTool IDE running simultaneously
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267915

Reducing the size of the VGA drivers
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267605

Latest ImageCraft ICCV7 information
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267452

TV Text Driver for ImageCraft C compiler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270075

FullDuplexSerial Driver for ImageCraft C compiler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269905

VGA Text Driver for ImageCraft C compiler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266216

Mouse Driver for Imagecraft C compiler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267752

ImageCraft : CLIB COG and how to do a CMPEXCH?
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270933

Virtual Interrupts using LMM
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266441

How to read strings representing floating point numbers
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266569

Some info on BB_FullDuplexSerial
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=265580

Library code for using a DS1307 and 32-bit Unix Time
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=232817

Numeric Conversion Program!
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=271093

Integer Square Roots
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269640

Handling DS1631 I2C temperature sensor data
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270815

GameCube Driver
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270337

SD Card File Copy
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268224

Bugs in MIDI Object
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269919

Hardware


USB Powered ProtoBoard
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268412

Using LDO with 3.7V LiPo battery
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267584

Creating a lightpen for the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267885

Getting TV input working
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267011

Getting Servo32 up and running
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267973

Latest report on AiChip Industries I2C Slave
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=263375

Updated discussion on using IDE drives with a propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=246610

Interfacing I2C 3V3 to 5V
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=262865&p=3

Interfacing SD Card using the VGA connector
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267538

Some questions on hooking up an SD Card
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266862

Getting PINK and XBee working with the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267342

Motor control with the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267202

Trials and tribulation in getting RS232 comms working
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266245

Using the Propeller as a PS/2 device
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267553

DTMF generation and detection
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266381

Damaged I/O pins
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268573
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268602

Multiple PWM Outputs
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270722

Powering Propeller from higher voltages
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270832

Battery Monitoring
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270848

ADC0838 as DVM for Propeller
[http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270062]]

Prop Tool


Prop Tool on Asus EEE PC
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270368

Prop Tool and documentation version numbering mis-matches
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=260734
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270442

Prop Tool Line Continuation / Multi-Line Statements
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269758

Prop Tool file locating
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269896

Propeller Download via XBee
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270015

Propeller Download without Reset connection
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270355

Resources and Learning


Discussion and resources on learning about digital logic
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266117

Discussion about the lack of interrupts on the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266423

An explanation why the Prop doesn't have on-chip Eeprom
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266601

WAITPEQ and WAITPNE timing
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267689

Starting Cogs with an arbitrary number of parameters
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267499

Launching multiple Cogs
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268862

Inter-Cog communications
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266026

Fast timing / short waits in Spin
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268748

High-Temperature Sensors
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268702

Discussion on UTF-8 versus UTF-32 in the Propeller Tool and in general
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268608

Parallel Processing
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269360

I2C Slave Addresses
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270079
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269595

Mixing Spin and Assembler
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270347
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270698

Random thought for Prop II: Separate execution units for hub ops.
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270924

Spin Start/Stop Methods
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270964

USB with the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269677

Propeller current consumption
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270041

Physical contact sensing alternatives
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=271136

Fun and Games


Rayman's Ladder Game
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267604

The Propeller-based Space Invaders Clock
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266560

The Propeller as an Art Form
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266855
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266710

Predicting the future with a Propeller Chip
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268823

The Pixelmusic 3000 on Make 14
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270787

Projects


Ideas for project sought
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266703

Persistence of Vision
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267954

Quad DRO, and a request for beta testers
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=262412

The Incredible Message Machine
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267679

A nice and compact LED Matrix display
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267021

Latest news on the OpenStomp(TM) Coyote-1 (Guitar Effects Pedal)
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=252772&p=3

NAVCOM AI UAV/UMV code and schematics
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=190494

An on-screen function plotter
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268700

Some thoughts on emulating a PICmicro 18F84
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=266879

Vision for the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268814

Juicebox Weather Station
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269246

Propeller-based datalogger
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268880

New OS - PorthOS is born
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269867

Competitions


Results of uOLED-96-PROP Object Design Contest
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=248327

Propeller Products


New ProtoBoard with USB on-board on its way
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269025

Parallax Propellent Downloader Library and Executable v1.0
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270747
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268343

The new Parallax Serial Terminal (PST)
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267427

New Propeller Videos and Audio Podcast
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268524

Upgrading the Eeprom on a PropStick
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=265409

What to buy
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267645

Choosing between Spin Stamp and Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267071

Buying and Shipping
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=267606

Wanting a Parallax Quad Rover
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269525

Propeller Mk I with 64 Pin I/O update
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270526

Adverts


New third-party Propeller board
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=268789

USB FTDI bare PCB's for sale
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269145

PropSTICK Kit Bare Printed Circuit Boards
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=271072

New Sparkfun Protoboard
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=270979

A case (box) for the Propeller
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=269900