Chameleon-PIC Nurve Networks, Chameleon-PIC Datasheet - Page 249

• Manufacturer Part Number: Chameleon-PIC
• Description: MCU, MPU & DSP Development Tools PIC24 & PROPELLER DEV SYSTEM (SBC)
• Manufacturer: Nurve Networks

Specifications of Chameleon-PIC

• Processor To Be Evaluated: PIC24
• Data Bus Width: 16 bit
• Interface Type: USB, VGA, PS/2, I2C, ISP, SPI
• Operating Supply Voltage: 3.3 V, 5 V
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

35.1.2 Crate-It! by JT Cook
Crate-It! (shown in Figure 35.2) is used for the Chameleons as the Quick Start demo that is pre-loaded on each unit. To
compile it, you follow the same process as you would for all the other examples. You can find the files for the game on the
DVD here:
You should have already copied this on your hard drive during the installation process earlier in the manual.
Any other newer demos will be located in the \DEMO_CODER directory, so take a look there in case we don’t update this
manual to match. Similarly, always check the product web pages on www.xgamestation.com as well as
www.chameleon-dev.com .
Epilog - From Intel 4004 to the Multiprocessing/Multicore Chameleon
Well, you made it! If you got this far then you should be a quite comfortable with the Chameleon PIC 16-Bit and see the
true power of multiprocessing and the synergy between the Microchip PIC and the Parallax Propeller chip. Hopefully, you
can use the Chameleons in many of your projects now and in the future. I am really excited about these little machines
and I haven’t had this much fun programming something in a long time – they just work and allow me to solve problems
very quickly and get software done for real world applications.
DVD-ROM:\ CHAM_PIC \ SOURCE \ DEMO_CODERS \ CRATE_IT \ *.*
Figure 35.2 – Crate-it! running on the Chameleon PIC.
© 2009 NURVE NETWORKS LLC “Exploring the Chameleon PIC 16-Bit”
It always amazes me to think about how far we have
come in such a short time. The Chameleons push 180-
200MIPs depending on the version; AVR/PIC. Literally,
100-200x more powerful that the 8-bit computers of
the 1980’s, but yet are the size of credit cards.
The first “official” processor was the 4-Bit Intel 4004
(shown to the left) created in 1971. It contained about
2300 transistors and executed instructions at a rate of
92,000 per second. Comparing this to our simple
Chameleon PIC that runs about 180 million
instructions per second, that’s about 2000 times more
powerful. But, if we look at cutting edge GPU cores
that perform computation in the trillions per second
then that’s 10 million times more powerful! Then go
ahead and parallel up 10, 100, 1000 of those
processing cores and the amount of computation is
astonishing!!!
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