Parallax Propeller Microprocessor

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Parallax Propeller Microprocessor
Brendan Gillatt
07-23-2006

Brendan Gillatt posted on
July 23, 2006, 3:27 pm

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Parallax have recently released a new microprocessor to their range -
the 'propeller'. At first I thought it was going to be Stamp 3 but it
appears quite a bit more original - and cheap at $25! Apparently it is a
true parallel processor - it has 8 cores. It can run at 8Mhz and has 32K
RAM / 32K ROM.

It looks real nice and I was wandering if anyone here has had any
experience with this chip and if there are any UK distributors about.
Also, is this 'Spin' language any good or will I be having to use
assembler anyway? The examples on the site seem to look very much like
assembly with a slight hint towards C with the functions.

http://www.parallax.com/propeller/index.asp

Thanks,
Brendan

Gordon McComb posted on
July 23, 2006, 3:31 pm
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Re: Parallax Propeller Microprocessor

As interesting as this product looks, I've seen almost ZERO talk about
it here. New products sometimes take a while to gain momentum. YAM (yet
another microcontroller) is a tough market segment to crack, even for
Parallax.

Parallax has their own forums, and you'll probably find some users who
have experience with it. They also have a list of worldwide
distributors.

-- Gordon