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Greetings from East Tennessee, USA
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:54 pm
by Mekkatronix
I am NEW to the XCore family, and I mean NEW as in today. I am using the Parallax Propeller, but am really interested in the XCore and plan to purchase a startKIT very soon. In the meantime, can anyone give me good reasons for considering the XCore in my projects instead of the Propeller? I welcome your comments on this. Thank you.
-Mekkatronix
Re: Greetings from East Tennessee, USA
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:48 am
by Folknology
Welcome to XCore Mekkatronix, without knowing the details of your project it is difficult to answer relative benefits vs say a Propeller, However I would personally say one of the key benefits of using the Xmos devices generally is the great extensions to C that XC brings (If you're an assembly geek then maybe this is less of a benefit), I have found XC to make my concurrent development a great deal simpler, I especially enjoy it's event based nature.
I am sure others can trumpet their own personal benefits from using Xmos devices/toolkits
regards
Al
Re: Greetings from East Tennessee, USA
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:33 am
by Ross
Welcome :)
Re: Greetings from East Tennessee, USA
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:18 am
by Mekkatronix
Folknology wrote:Welcome to XCore Mekkatronix, without knowing the details of your project it is difficult to answer relative benefits vs say a Propeller, However I would personally say one of the key benefits of using the Xmos devices generally is the great extensions to C that XC brings (If you're an assembly geek then maybe this is less of a benefit), I have found XC to make my concurrent development a great deal simpler, I especially enjoy it's event based nature.
I am sure others can trumpet their own personal benefits from using Xmos devices/toolkits
regards
Al
Al, thanks for the welcome! My project in mind is to build a rover, basically a Wild Thumper chassis, with 6 motors/wheels in skid-steer fashion. I plan to incorporate a PING sensor(s) for proximity detection, and use a GPS for rough navigation and "geographic awareness". I want to be able to control the rover both manually with R/C or XBee (preferred), with autonomous option. And I really need to find some sort of small video camera to wirelessly transmit (and also save to SDcard) fairly decent, medium-quality color images in low-light conditions. THe intended target at present is the interior of concrete pipes, culverts, bridge underpasses, etc. for inspection of cracks, holes, etc.
This has been done with the Arduino (
http://beatty-robotics.com/all-terrain-gps-robot/) so I KNOW it can be done with the XCore and Propeller. THis is basically what I have in mind at present. Any ideas and suggestions are welcomed!
-George
Re: Greetings from East Tennessee, USA
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:19 am
by Mekkatronix
Ross wrote:Welcome :)
Thank you, Ross! I look forward to learning from you and others here.
-George