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--- en:projects:myco:start [2018-12-09 02:06] – [MyCo-Kit] mka
+++ en:projects:myco:start [2021-02-26 11:35] – juergenuk
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-====== MyCo ======
+====== MyCo TPS ======
+- a very small computer which is programmed
+  via just 3 push buttons as KEYBOARD
+  and 4 LEDs as "DISPLAY"
+  and designed to control some INPUTS and OUTPUTS
+  - digital and analog  ======
+This project has been worked on for a few years now,
+but MyCo / TPS has just gotten a Second Life,
+as Franzis just launched a new version - hardware is identical, but more programming examples
+https://www.franzis.de/maker/raspberry-pi-arduino-und-mehr/maker-kit-controller-board-selber-bauen-und-programmieren-machs-einfach-lernpaket.
+===== AND the New Book is out now:
+You can  actually play with the 40 described examples
+ON PAPER ONLY TO START WITH, to write and execute your own code as well,
+Or use coins for program execution to see what happens internally
+Or use pins for programming - no electronics at all ( and noForth for now )
+for example use the 2 pages
+- one with the program, one showing the current contents of all "function blocks"
+https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08MN15NMQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i21 =====
+==== And additional information regarding the 3rd book about MyCo_TPS had to be stored somewhere,
+So I started a facebook group.
+Just go there, start at the bottom and see additional explanations and examples.
+Even doing the HELLO WORLD ...
+Now this MyCo_TPS is as well running on the microbit, and on the RPI soon .
+OK , these 2  not in Forth yet, but it is probably unavoidable
+https://www.facebook.com/groups/269499491046124 ====
+Most of the German description should be covered by the Print book we had published in English:
+https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1731232535/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i28
+We prepared a cut down version of the book as a PDF for download and print,
+you find it at
+http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Literatur/MyCo2014.pdf
+**and as well a cut down version of the extended Book for you  {{myco_ebook_v26_2014_06_19v2_a5_2015_10_06_print_format_forth_part.pdf|download here.}}**
+And a selection of English documentation at
+http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Literatur/MyCo.html
+We added into the extended book now  the Forth Implementation that Michael Kalus kindly programmed for the TI MSP430:
 My Computer – a small 4 Bit Controller simulated in Forth based on a MicroController Implementation.
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 The kit described in the book teaches programming in a minimal and simple way. No PC is required to handle the kit. There are only a few program statements that MyCo can execute. But that shows and demonstrates many aspects of programming. All programs for the easy-to-build hardware kit are documented and tested." This sounded similar in the original kit "Programming microcontrollers" by Burkert Kainka in Franzis Verlag. You got a "universal control board with 25 components and manual" for the money.
-The kit was based on a Holtek HT46F47. The manual was recently((2015)) translated into English by Juergen Pintaske. And he called the kit now "MyCo" for the English-speaking area.
+The kit is based on a Holtek HT46F47 - a very low cost Controller.
+The manual was recently((2015)) translated into English by Juergen Pintaske. And he called the kit now "MyCo" My Computer for the English-speaking area.
+The German name TPS - Tastenprogrammierbare Steuerung - did not translate well into English.
-MyCo functionality was transferred in 2015 to another MCU, the  MSP430G2553 from Texas Instruments - this time in Forth. First using the professional [[https://www.mpeforth.com/|VFX by MPE]], Stephen Pelc. Then in an open source Forth, the [[https://github.com/search?q=4e4th|4e4th]].
+This MyCo functionality was transferred in 2015 into another MCU:  the  MSP430G2553 from Texas Instruments and this time in Forth.
+First using the professional [[https://www.mpeforth.com/|VFX by MPE]], Stephen Pelc.
+Then in an open source Forth, the [[https://github.com/search?q=4e4th|4e4th]].
-There are two hardware versions. On the one hand, the [[http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Lernpakete/TPS/HandbuchTPS.htm|Franzis Kit (identical to the Conrad TPS Kit)]] and on the other side a separate solution by Juergen Pintaske, its MSP430 "base board". The Franzis board got an adapter, so that you could put the MSP430G2553 in the socket, which was intended for the Holtek HT46F47. Juergen's base-board, on the other hand, was supplemented by an I/O header board, with the LEDs and buttons, to operate the MyCo and extend it.
+**Some versions for people who want to look at the Forth code or even try it out**
-The easy way to MyCo: You buy the kit and start.
+{{jps4-mpe430ltsa_adapt_for_pc.txt.zip|VFX version to download}}
-The open source path is more difficult, but also manageable: You would also have to learn how to get the program into the MCU. How to do that is described below.
+{{4e4th-myco-v091_-_kopie_7_.txt.zip|4e4th version to download}}
+There are two hardware versions:
+On the one hand, the [[http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Lernpakete/TPS/HandbuchTPS.htm|Franzis Kit (identical to the Conrad TPS Kit)]]
+and on the other side a separate solution by Juergen Pintaske, its MSP430 "base board". The Franzis board got an adapter, so that you could put the MSP430G2553 in the socket, which was intended for the Holtek HT46F47. Juergen's base-board, on the other hand, was supplemented by an I/O header board, with the LEDs and buttons, to operate the MyCo and extend it.
+The easy way to start with MyCo: You buy the kit and start.
+The open source path is more difficult, but also manageable: You would also have to find a way to get the program into the MCU. How to do that is described below.
 ===== Gallery =====
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 The [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Programming-MyCo-easily-independent-ebook/dp/B00K6N87UG/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8|translated version]] is available as eBook. \\
+And as [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Myco-TPS-simulate-independent/dp/1731232535/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8|printed Book]] as well now((2018-12))\\
 This {{ :projects:myco:myco_ebook_v26_2014_06_19v2_a5_2015_10_06_print_format_forth_part.pdf |PDF is a shortened Version}}  of the extended printed MyCo eBook – just the Forth part. Page numbers have shifted , but the links in the PDF work as expected.\\
 And a shortened version at http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Literatur/MyCo.html
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 {{:en:projects:myco:dsc06615.jpg?200|How small can we make it? Bottom}}
 {{:en:projects:myco:dsc06618.jpg?200|Prototype}}
+Updated 2021_02_26
 More to come