CONTENIDO:PART I. THE PROPELLER /SPIN SYSTEM
A general introduction to the Propeller Chip
The Propeller Chip: An Overrall description
The hardware setup
Software setup: The “propeller tool” environment
The various propeller memories
The how and why of shared memory
Understanding one cog
The eight cogs
Special terms and ideas
The spin language
Tasks suited to parallel processing
PART II. INPUT OUTPUT: THE BASIC TECHNIQUES TO BE MASTERED-LEARNING BY DOING
General discussion of input/output
Binary pulsing
Setting up a 16-character-by-2-line liquid crystal display
Binary input and output: Reading a switch and turning on an LED if the switch is closed
Reading a potentiometer: Creating an input we can vary in real time
Creating and reading frequencies
Reading and creating pulses
PART III. THE PROJECTS: USING WHATS WAS LEARNED TO BUILD THE PROJECTS
Seven-segment displays: Displaying numbers with seven-segment LED displays
The metronomes
Understanding a 16-character-by-2-line LCD display
Running motors: A preliminary discussion
Motor amplifiers for small motors
Controlling R/C hobby servos
Controlling a small DC motor
Running a stepper motor: Bipolar, four-wire motors
Gravity sensor based auto-levelling table
Running DC motors with attached incremental encoders
Running small AC motors: Controlling inductive loads
PART IV. APPENDICES
Appendix A. LCDRoutines4 and utilities object listings
Appendix B. Materials
Appendix C. Turning cogs on and off
Appendix D. Experiments board
Appendix E. Debugging
EPILOGUE
INDEX
