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Start using Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board

This section provides a guide for using our new Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board.

parallax propeller p8x32 board

Following step by step

- Install FTDI USB Driver can download from http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/sw/uty/USBDriverInstallerV2.04.06.exe

- Install Propeller Tool Software v1.2 can download from http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/sw/propeller/Setup-Propeller-Tool-v1.2.exe

- Supply power 6v-9v DC to Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board, red LED light is ON

- Connect Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board to Computer USB port, Windows will recognize your Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board and blue LED light is ON.

parallax propeller p8x32 board

- Open Propeller Tool Software and write sample code for blink P16 pin.

{{ Output.spin }}

PUB Toggle
dira[16]~~
repeat
!outa[16]
waitcnt(3_000_000 + cnt)

- Press F11 on your keyboard for compile and download code to Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board.

parallax propeller p8x32 board

- Now P16 LED on Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board is blink.

parallax propeller p8x32 board

You can download a schematic of Parallax Propeller P8X32 Education Board from http://www.micro4you.com/files/propeller/propeller.jpg

H-JTAG 0.6.3 is available!

Can download from http://www.hjtag.com/download.html a new version have add supports LPC2300 and LPC2400. Fixed bug for bin to hex conversion.

H-Link HJTAG ARM7

From tested, it work very perfect with H-Link ARM JTAG.

Install Eclipse 3.3 on Ubuntu 8.04

On Ubuntu we want a good IDE for developing programs for the microcontrollers, such as Atmel AVR, ARM MCUs. Eclipse is a prefect IDE with many features, come with Open Source and have many document, plugin.

But on Ubuntu 8.04 not have Eclipse 3.3 in repository, you must use manual install.

1. Before install Eclipse 3.3 you must have a Java 6 from SUN on your computer. check on Ubuntu

$java -version

If your computer have a Java GNU version, you must install a Java 6 from SUN

$sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk

When install complete, check a default jvm by:

$update-java-alternatives -l

you should get output similar to this:

>java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
>java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj

set the right jvm by use command:

$sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun

and insert /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun on the top of file /etc/jvm ($sudo gedit /etc/jvm)

$cat /etc/jvm
# This file defines the default system JVM search order. Each
# JVM should list their JAVA_HOME compatible directory in this file.
# The default system JVM is the first one available from top to
# bottom.
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr

Check a version of Java again.

$java -version
java version “1.6.0_06″
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b22, mixed mode, sharing)

All Ok