Re: Parallax Propeller

Isaac Bosompem wrote:
The chip looks nice to play with but @ $129 USD for a devkit it would
put a hole in my wallet. That SPIN language looks cool too! I am just
delving thru the data*** to see how everything goes together.

My local distributor has the DIP40 + EEPROM + CRYSTAL for $24.20AUD. If you look at the demo board schematics you will see that is all you need other than a 3.3V supply and a bit of board to mount it all on. Use two pencell batteries and skip the regulator if you like. There is nothing that the demo board has that you can't do yourself with bits from the junk-box. The serial port can be a simple 2 transistor affair.

In fact I think the absolute bare minimum would be just the chip and a 3V supply as you can boot this off the serial port and run it off it's internal oscillator.

*Peter*
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