VGA 800x600 4bpp driver with text & graphics support
Hi All Here's a VGA driver for 800x600 @72Hz with 16 color palette. Text uses the Prop1 16x32 font and supports foreground & background color. Rotated text mode is also supported (90 degrees left)....
View ArticleJapanese Wooden Robotic Writing Clock
Art meets timepiece: http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/japanese-wooden-clock/#FzZ_qnRE0gq4 Maybe it's time to re-task my BS-2 printer to do this, IF it can finish writing all numbers within a minute...
View ArticleNeed help, program won't work
Hi everyone, I am relatively new to this. I have the activity bot and I wrote a program to be used with the 2-axis joystick. I have an automated driving program that I would like to run in one cog,...
View ArticleSiLabs new Multiprotocol Wireless radio Gecko
Is it time to add new radio hardware to the the Propeller's arsenal? This SoC can do Bluetooth Smart, ZigBee and Thread. I would love to see a breakout board for this radio!! I just did a quick search...
View ArticleMy ColorPal randomly shuts down
I got a ColorPal for my birthday. I have decided to start using it with my Arduino. I am starting with color generation. Here is my code. /*Color sensor has 4 direct comands * = to begin buffering * !...
View ArticleUnicyle
I saw someone carrying a unicycle this morning here in Hastings, and wondered about a robotic version. Honda has already made one:...
View ArticleKye's SD_FATEngine.spin (bug in WriteString???)
I have spent weeks looking for a bugs in my conversion of Michael Park's Sphinx compiler. Finally I have found the last obscure bug (hopefully ;) ) In sxfile.spin the WriteString writes out the string...
View ArticleDigital recording chip suggestions
Hi All, I have a project where I would like to record some audio. Essentially it is a old school answering machine for ham radio. The user will hit a couple of DTMF tones and be able to record a short...
View ArticleTouchscreens and the propeller - SPI, 8bit parallel, 16bit parallel, 8080 or...
Hey guys, I have been trying to source a decent touch screen for a while now, and I have hit a dead end. There are a ton of touch screens out there, they range from using different drivers such as the...
View ArticleWhy does WRLONG arrange data like this?
Hey, I just discovered something which felt very strange to me: When I use WRLONG to write a long(who thought so xD), it arranges it with the least significant byte first(not most significant) - why...
View ArticleCan it really be that slow compared with an Arduino Uno ?
Hi I've got one of those 64x16 LED dot matrix displays and can get a steady display on it using an Arduino Uno R3. I was hoping to use a Prop with one cog to display a frame buffer and another to do...
View Article$13.50 Drone... Free Ship
You can't say no now... and this cheapie actually has advanced features (see end). At that price, you can afford to destroy one daily....
View Article28820 DC motor control problem
Hello all. I am using the pololu dcmc 28820 with a propeller AB. I have everything set up the way is shown in the learn exchange... but nothing is happening. Not sure if it's a defective board or not....
View ArticleSSD 1963 DISPLAY CONTROLLER
Any one have a simple spin only code to run this as an example??? Thanks
View ArticlePropeller HAT programming
I am trying to program a Propeller HAT with SimpleIDE. I am using a Pi2 with Jessie. I have Propeller IDE as well as SimpleIDE installed and bot work with USB, Propeller IDE works with ttyAMA0 but...
View ArticleSelling off my Basic Stamps
I am selling off all my Basic Stamps Collection on E-Bay It is under Business & Industrial-Electrical & Test Equipment-Electronic Components-ICs & Processors Then Parallex Basic Stamps Web...
View ArticleSPIN newbie needs help with REPEAT UNTIL
Here is the code I've got so far (snip of the pertinent section): text.Start(12) pst.StartRxTx(9,6,0,2_400) BYTEFILL(@inbuf,0,bufsize) repeat until inbuf[0] == $24 pst.StrIn(@inbuf) ' read the rxpin...
View ArticleProblem with Boe-Bot Digital Encoder
I installed the Digital Encoders as described in the Manual. After some testing I found, that the Encoder counts more often than the weel passes a hole of the wheel. In the Datasheet of the Sensors I...
View ArticleParallax's ELEV-8 Flight Controller is now available!
Hop on over to the Parallax store to get your very own ELEV-8 Flight Controller (at an introductory discount)! You can also access all of the product documentation and open-source files!
View ArticleSimpleIDE C function problem
Data Bytes: 2 signed The current in milliamps (mA) flowing into or out of Create’s battery. Negative currents indicate that the current is flowing out of the battery, as during normal running....
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