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--- en:projects:myco:start [2021-02-26 10:03] – juergenuk
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 ====== MyCo TPS ======
-- a very small computer programmed
+- a very small computer which is programmed
   via just 3 push buttons as KEYBOARD
-  and 4 LEDs as "DISPLAY" to control some INPUTS and OUTPUTS ======
+  and 4 LEDs as "DISPLAY"
+  and designed to control some INPUTS and OUTPUTS
+  - digital and analog  ======
-This project Had been worked on a few years ago,
+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
+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.
-===== The new book is out now:
+===== AND the New Book is out now:
-You can  actually play with it ON PAPER ONLY TO START WITH, to write and execute your own code
+You can  actually play with the 40 described examples
-Or use coins to see what happens internally
+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 tregarding the 3rd book about MyCo_TPS had to be stored somewhere,
+==== And additional information regarding the 3rd book about MyCo_TPS had to be stored somewhere,
-So I started a facebook group
+So I started a facebook group.
-Just go there, start at the beginning and see additional examples.
+Just go there, start at the bottom and see additional explanations and examples.
 Even doing the HELLO WORLD ...
-Now as well running on the microbit, and the RPI soon
+Now this MyCo_TPS is as well running on the microbit, and on the RPI soon .
-OK here not in Forth yet, but it is probably unavoidable
+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:
+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, you find it at http://www.elektronik-labor.de/Literatur/MyCo2014.pdf
+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 to {{myco_ebook_v26_2014_06_19v2_a5_2015_10_06_print_format_forth_part.pdf|download here.}}**
+**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
+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:
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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 - 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.
+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.
 This MyCo functionality was transferred in 2015 into another MCU:  the  MSP430G2553 from Texas Instruments and this time in Forth.
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 Then in an open source Forth, the [[https://github.com/search?q=4e4th|4e4th]].
-**Some version for people who want to look at the Forth code or even try it out**
+**Some versions for people who want to look at the Forth code or even try it out**
 {{jps4-mpe430ltsa_adapt_for_pc.txt.zip|VFX version to download}}