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Sci.Electronics.Basics -> Where to start with microcontrollers?
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For me, the choice was simple. I didn't have much cash flow when
getting started with microcontrollers, so I let the manufacturers try
to impress me. I started working with chips from the vendor that
actually honored my request for free samples. I got a couple 16F84
chips from PIC. Those, along with a $20 serial port programmer from
eBay, and I was off. I could write my programs using the free PIC
tools in Linux, burn it on the chip, and pop it in the circuit to use
it.
I've been dealing with PIC chips since then, not finding a need for
other microcontrollers, yet. I bought other PIC chips from various
vendors when I have need for other PIC features.
I see no problems with using PIC microcontrollers, especially for
experimentation. There are plenty of PIC based projects online.
Good Luck with whatever you decide to use,
Jeff
"The Frugal Hobbyist"
On Mar 10, 1:13 pm, somuchbadka...@gmail.com wrote:
> So here is the deal, I'm a self taught computer nerd and wish to mess
> around with small electronics and microcontrollers. I can already
> write ASM, C, JAVA, and BASIC with C and ASM under GNU/LINUX being my
> preferred languages. Seems I'd be in luck with the uC because ASM and
> C are pretty common from the looks of things, I have however a dilemma
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Author: Roland LatourDate: 16:35 05-04-08
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:47:04 -0700, WilloughbyBaltic wrote:
> I'd consider looking into the Arduino Diecimilia board. I teach a
> robotics class in the Boston area built around this board, and many
> people I know use it extensively. Here are the advantages:
I second this advice, but really, what you should get depends on what
you want to do with it. I just wanted to make some measurements and
control some relays, via linux.
> 4. Very low cost, the whole board is about $34, or if you want to go
> with the bare bones version $12. (version for wearable, wireless also
> available).
Perfect for starting out. I wasn't particularly interested in learning
yet another architecture & language, I just wanted to use the hardware.
So I loaded SimpleMessageSystem from the archives at arduino.cc, then
wrote some shell scripts. Run 'wget http://207.14.167.161/SMS1.tgz' to
get the package. Full IO & PWM control on the 12 IO pins. The 6 AD pins
produce 10bit accuracy. My scripts scale that to millivolts and format
it for import to most spreadsheets.
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