Microcontroller Propeller 1

Making in USA - The Parallax 8 core microcontroller

Introduction The Parallax Propeller 1 Microcontroller was designed by Chip Gracey, President of Parallax Inc. based in Rocklin, California, USA. Chip spent eight years on the project overall, and was assisted for two years by an in-house layout engineer. An…

Simultaneous pin group control

Introduction The Propeller native SPIN language includes many efficient instructions to solve common programming tasks. For example, how to switch a group of IO pins simultaneously with a single instruction ? Here’s an example using just two lines of code…

Programming the FLiP module over WiFi

Introduction The Parallax WiFi module adds wireless programming functionality to Parallax Propeller MicrocontrollersThis tip concerns the Propeller FLiP module, and how to connect the FLiP and WiFi modules together. Connections There are 5 connections including power and ground: Parallax Propeller…

Handy Diagnostic Heartbeat

Introduction Each of the multicore Propeller 1’s eight processors (cogs) has two independent hardware counter modules. Each counter is a configurable state machine for sensing or generating repetitive signals, potentially on every clock cycle. The counter modules are flexible subsystems…

Customer Code Deployment in one click

Introduction Propeller Programming Script – For the Parallax Propeller 1 Microcontroller This batch script provides a way to achieve one-click updates for customers, using a standard Windows batch script for compatibility with the widest range of Windows versions. This avoids…

Keep any value in range

Introduction The Propeller native SPIN and SPIN2 languages include many efficient instructions to solve common programming tasks. For example, how to keep a value between a certain range of allowed values? Here’s an example using just one line of code!…