List of materials in Spanish?
I'm trying to organize a robotics or microcontroller workshop for our students that speak Spanish better than English. Is there a list of all the materials from Parallax that are in Spanish? I'd like...
View ArticleQuestion to Parallax Regarding the Gyroscope Module
Hello, I was wondering if Parallax could develop a Learn tutorial on the Gyroscope Module 3-Axis L3G4200D in Propeller C. I am primarily interested in a tutorial in which SPI is used, similar to what...
View ArticleParallax Webinars
For those of you who have not attended one of these Parallax Webinars - you really need to give it a try! Lots of fun and you will learn and see lots of great demos, get your questions answered, and...
View ArticleWhat wireless combinations do we have now for device / robot / protocol /...
I'd like to add a unit for wireless control to our class that uses our Parallax 'bots (we use all models but Arlo). I'm not sure what to buy. Does anyone have a list of what combinations work? I've...
View ArticleSimpleIDE Terminal won't display test message
I've set up a Propeller DIP40 on a breadboard, along with an ft232rl circuit based on the Prop Plug for communication. I've connected 100nF bypass capacitors on all VCC sources, as well as 10uF caps on...
View Articleultra sound distance undefined
We are trying to get the echo time display in the simple ide terminal - This is what we keep getting for an error. We are very new to this... hope this is a simple fix! Thanks to anyone willing to...
View ArticlePropeller C double pulses
Hi everyone, I am trying to use the propeller to generate two very short pulses using C language for research purposes. I want to control each pulse timing and the time between them. The time has to be...
View ArticlePlease help with optimizing function and identifying strange issue
Hi guys, First post :) I'm currently enrolled in a Intro. Robotics class as part of my degree program and this was last week's homework assignment. I've already submitted it to make sure I'd be in the...
View ArticleRoutines
I thought it would go unnoticed, and tried to gloss over it, but there's always one student.... In the boe-bot book we used subroutines. I understand those. Now we are modifying the sumobot book for...
View ArticleRobot Magazine is Gone
I spoke with Jeffery Warner this morning (editor-in-chief) and learned that Maplegate Media has closed its doors and is out of business. There were some rumors out there a couple of days ago but this...
View ArticleUnable to build C wifi examples
I'm using the SIP wi-fi module with the Propeller Professional Dev Board. I've just installed SimpleIDE 1.1.0. When I try to build one of the example programs like "Leave a Network", I'm getting build...
View ArticleActivityBot -- SIRC control + whiskers
There are sometimes questions about how to combine different lessons in the C-Learning Tutorials. The program below combines ActivityBot using the Sony IR remote control with Navigating by touch. The...
View ArticleUpskilling Programming
Programming, in general, seems to be one of the weakest skill among undergrads across all disciplines. I'm not sure if this is also true in other countries like what I am currently experiencing. Are...
View ArticleWIZ820io
Hello everyone. I am trying to use WIZ820io chip to convert RS-232 based data to the TCP/IP based data. Data is send from the parallax chip to the WIZ chip. The problem is i am not sure how to get the...
View Articlefrom spin to C , how to translate this address ?
I'm trying to convert the code for the OLED 128 from spin to C. the function Fxn takes only 3 parameters: - nb of arg - command - first adress of argument With that it can be called with higher...
View ArticleSimpleIDE "Project Libraries" question
I have a question about how SimpleIDE deals with "project libraries". I'm thrilled to see that new version of the Simple-Libraries source code have SimpleIDE project files (.side files) for every...
View ArticleBlocklyProp - where to ask questions? Is anyone using it?
I posted a few questions that went unanswered in the Propeller 1 - "Open Propeller Project #5: BlocklyProp" thread http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/votecomment/1400018/voteup/FVS1MQE3H0D7/ but I...
View ArticleMixed mode programming tutorial
Hello, My question is, do we have a good tutorial on mixed-mode programming, where one can run an LMM program and use some small and quick COGC modules for time critical parts?
View Articlecould we optimize abdrive.h
Why abdrive.c include some header for string and text ? #include "simpletools.h" #include "simpletext.h" #include <string.h> could those be safely removed ?
View ArticleBlockly - ActivityBot with whiskers and SIRC TV remote
Since Blockly was announced, one thing I wanted to do was to compare it for writing a more complex program using C and SampleIDE. I decided to rewrite my C program for controlling the ActivityBot using...
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