122-32000 Parallax Inc, 122-32000 Datasheet - Page 36

• Manufacturer Part Number: 122-32000
• Description: MANUAL PROPELLER
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc

Specifications of 122-32000

• Accessory Type: Manual
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: Propeller Education (PE) Kit
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

file. This means fewer files to maintain and a higher likelihood that the documentation will
stay in sync with the source code revision. To further enable this process, we’ve created:
The Parallax font is a True Type
designed in the same style as the font built into the Propeller chip’s ROM. Using the special
characters of the font, the object’s documentation can include helpful diagrams for
engineering purposes such as these:
After running the Propeller Tool at least once, this font becomes available for other programs
on that computer as well so that you can see these special diagrams using other text editors,
such as Notepad, or even within your email software, provided it supports Unicode-encoded
text (a requirement of the special characters).
Every object you create for your project will also be stored in the same format as library files
(with a “.spin” extension) but in the working directory of your choice. This is all designed to
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Two types of source comments, 1) code comments (for commenting portions of the
source code), and 2) document comments (entered in code also, but intended for
reading through the “documentation view” feature).
A “documentation view” mode in the Propeller Tool that extracts an object’s
documentation from its source code for viewing purposes.
A special font, the Parallax font, which contains special characters for things like
schematics, timing diagrams, and tables within the object’s documentation.
P0 ─────┐
P1 ───┳───────┳──┐
0.1µF 50kω ─┘
330ω
220ω
Figure 2-1: Graphics Built with the Parallax Font
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│
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pot │
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font built right into the Propeller Tool executable. It was
│ │
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sig1 
sig2 
┌──┬───┬───┐
│AB│ C │ D │
├──┼───┼───┤
│00│ 1 │n/a│
├──┼───┼───┤
│01│ 2 │ 5 │
└──┴───┴───┘