Overview
Main description
The Only Official Guide to the Parallax Multicore Propeller Microcontroller
Written by a team of Propeller experts, this authoritative guide shows you how to realize your design concepts by taking full advantage of the multicore Propeller microcontroller's unique architecture. The book begins with a review of the Propeller hardware, software, and Spin language so you can get started right away. Programming and Customizing the Multicore Propeller Microcontroller: The Official Guide is filled with a wide variety of step-by-step, hands-on projects. Put your ideas into production when you learn how to:
- Debug code for multiple cores
- Understand how the Propeller interacts with different sensors
- Wirelessly network Propeller chips
- Build a balancing robot and control it with computer vision
- Develop networking applications using an off-the-shelf Ethernet chip
- Create a portable multivariable GPS tracking and data logging device
- Use the Propeller as a remote virtual peripheral for media applications
- Create a Propeller-powered HVAC green house model
- Synthesize speech with the Propeller
Experience more of the process at mhprofessional.com/propeller
Table of contents
Ch 1. The Propeller Chip Multi-core Microcontroller - Jeff Martin Ch 2. Introduction to Propeller Programming - Jeff Martin Ch 3. Debugging Code for Multiple Cores - Andy LindsaySensor Basics for Multprocessing - Andy Lindsay Ch 4. Wirelessly Networking Propeller Chips - Martin Hebel Ch 5. DanceBot, a Balancing Robot - Hanno SanderControlling a Robot with Computer Vision - Hanno Sander Ch 6. Using Multi-core for Networking Applications using an Off-the-shelf Ethernet Chip - Shane Avery Ch 7. Portable Multivariable GPS Tracking and Data Logger - Joshua Hintze Ch 8. Using the Propeller as a Remote Virtual Peripheral for Media Applications - Andre’ LaMothe Ch 9. The HVAC Green House Model - Vern Graner Ch 10. Synthesizing Speech with the Propeller - Chip Gracey
Author comments
Parallax, Inc., a privately held company,
designs and manufactures microcontroller development tools
and small single-board computers that are used by electronic
engineers, educational institutions, and hobbyists.
