Propeller Programming

Part 1: IntroductionChapter 1: Introduction1.1. The Propeller 8-Cog Process1.1.1. Cogs1.1.2. Hub and Cog1.2. Memory Layout1.2.1. HUB memory1.2.2. Cog Memory1.3. Layout of this bookChapter 2: Steim Compression2.1. Packing and compression of data2.2. SpecificationChapter 3: Introduction to Spin3.1. Memory layout3.2. Spin Template3.2.1. Hello, World3.2.2. Running the program3.3. PASM Template3.4. Tempalte for PASM code in a separate file3.5. SummaryChapter 4: Test Driven Development (TDD)Chapter 5: Compression in Spin5.1. Structure of the Project5.2. First iteration5.3. Passing arrays to methods5.4. Testing5.5. Final Code5.5.1. Compression in Spin5.5.2. Decompression in Spin5.6. The need for speed5.6.1. Timing in PASM5.6.2. PASM timing estimatePart 2: Spin and PASMChapter 6: Propeller Assembler: PASM6.1. Instructions in PASM6.1.1. The ADD instruction6.1.2. The mov instruction6.1.3. Variables6.1.4. Effects6.1.5. Literals6.1.6. Labels6.1.7. Conditional Evaluation6.1.8. Branching6.1.9. Reading the PASM manual6.2. Passing parameters to PASM6.3. Setting up steim_pasm6.4. Passing parameters in the cognew command6.4.1. Using PAR6.4.2. Using PAR some more...6.4.3. Using the addresses6.4.4. Starting the compression6.5. Passing parameters: method 2Chapter 7: Compression in PASM with TDD7.1. Overall flowchart7.2. Test 1: Passing nsamps and ncompr7.2.1. Spin code7.2.2. PASM code7.3 Test 2: packing sample zero7.3.1. Spin code7.3.2. Memory layout of arrays and parameters7.3.3. PASM Code7.3.4. Subroutines in PASM7.3.5. Testing the compression of sample 07.4. Packing differences for latter samples7.4.1. Testing compression 2 samples!7.4.2. Testing compression an arbitrary number of samples7.5. Success?Chapter 8: Decompression in PASM8.1. Getting the sign right8.2. Overall flowchart8.3. Spin code8.4. PASM: main decompression loop8.5. Subroutines for unpacking8.6. Testing decompression of two samples8.7. Testing decompression of 128 samplesChapter 9: Debugging PASM code9.1. Logging to a HUB array9.2. Spin code9.3. PASM code9.4. Bug fixChapter 10: Interacting with the world10.1. Outline10.2. Spin10.3. PASM10.3.1. Toggle a pin in PASM10.3.2. Monitor a switch10.4. Communication Protocols10.5. SPI logging10.5.1. Spin SPI read10.5.2. PASM SPI write10.5.3. Logging deadlock10.6. Locks10.6.1. Introduction to locks10.6.2. Using locks for logging10.7. Some common tasks10.7.1. Assignment10.7.2. Multiplication10.7.3. Division10.7.4. Loops10.7.5 Conditionals10.8. MaintenancePart 3: C LanguageChapter 11: C Programming for the Propeller11.1 The C language11.2. Programming the Propeller in C11.2.1. SimpleIDE11.2.2. Hello, World11.2.3. Launching a new Cog11.2.4. Compression code in CChapter 12: Programming in Cog C Mode12.1. Cog-C Mixed Mode Programming12.1.1. Main cog code12.1.1.2. Compression Cog-C Code12.1.3. Header file compr_cogc.h12.1.4. Running the Cog-C codeChapter 13: Programming with C and PASM13.1. Compression with C and PASM13.1.1. C code for main cog13.1.2. PASM codeChapter 14: Hardware I/O with C14.1. Referencing hardware in C14.2. simpletools library14.3. Using registers14.3.1. Set a pin14.3.2. Read a pin14.4. Implementing SPI in Cog C14.4.1. Main cog (controller)14.4.2. SPI Master14.4.3. SPI Slave (simulated data producing device)14.4.4. Running the SPI codeChapter 15: Using Inline Assembly Instructions in C code15.1. Inline Assembler15.2. spiSlave.cogc inline assembly15.3. TimingChapter 16: Concluding thoughts