Propeller Manual

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Parallax Inc. is not responsible for special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any breach of warranty, or under
any legal theory, including lost profits, downtime, goodwill, damage to or replacement of equipment or property, or any costs of
recovering, reprogramming, or reproducing any data stored in or used with Parallax products. Parallax Inc. is also not
responsible for any personal damage, including that to life and health, resulting from use of any of our products. You take full
responsibility for your Propeller microcontroller application, no matter how life-threatening it may be.
INTERNET DISCUSSION LISTS
We maintain active web-based discussion forums for people interested in Parallax products. These forums are accessible at
forums.parallax.com:
• Propeller chip
– This list is specifically for our customers using Propeller chips and products.
• BASIC Stamp
– This list is widely utilized by engineers, hobbyists and students who share their BASIC Stamp
projects and ask questions.
• Stamps in Class
®
– Created for educators and students, subscribers discuss the use of the Stamps in Class series
of tutorials in their courses. The list provides an opportunity for both students and educators to ask questions
and get answers.
• HYDRA
– for enthusiasts of the Propeller-powered HYDRA videogame development system.
• Parallax Educators
– A private forum exclusively for educators and those who contribute to the development of
Stamps in Class. Parallax created this group to obtain feedback on our curricula and to provide a place for
educators to develop and obtain Teacher’s Guides.
• Robotics
– Designed for Parallax robots, this forum is intended to be an open dialogue for robotics enthusiasts.
Topics include assembly, source code, expansion, and manual updates. The Boe-Bot
®
, Toddler
®
, SumoBot
®
,
HexCrawler and QuadCrawler robots are discussed here.
• SX Microcontrollers and SX-Key
– Discussion of programming the SX microcontroller with Parallax assembly
language SX – Key
®
tools and 3rd party BASIC and C compilers.
• Javelin Stamp
– Discussion of application and design using the Javelin Stamp, a Parallax module that is
programmed using a subset of Sun Microsystems’ Java
®
programming language.
ERRATA
While great effort is made to assure the accuracy of our texts, errors may still exist. If you find an error, please let us know by
sending an email to [e-mail]. We continually strive to improve all of our educational materials and documentation,
and frequently revise our texts. Occasionally, an errata sheet with a list of known errors and corrections for a given text will be
posted to our web site, www.parallax.com. Please check the individual product page’s free downloads for an errata file.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE AND FIRMWARE
This manual is valid with the following hardware and firmware versions:
Hardware Firmware
P8X32A-D40
P8X32A-Q44
P8X32A-M44
P8X32A v1.0
CREDITS
Authorship: Jeff Martin. Format & Editing, Stephanie Lindsay.
Cover Art: Jen Jacobs; Technical Graphics: Rich Allred; with many thanks to everyone at Parallax Inc.