On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:45:54 -0700 (PDT), "Mr. INTJ" <mr.intj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>OK, so I've looked into PIC, BASIC Stamp, AVR, and a few others. I'm
>leaning toward the AVR (the ARM sounded promising, but I can't find
>much on it...).
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>Any comments about my conclusions so far?
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>I'd appreciate any advice about a good AVR kit or bundle that includes
>Chip, Compiler, Programming software, ISP hardware, etc.
http://www.avrfreaks.net
is a good resource. Browse the "tools" section.
There are also quite a few dev boards over at Sparkfun in the
development tools section. http://www.sparkfun.com/.
As far as ISP hardware goes, the USB-interfaced AVRISP-2 is probably the
way to go. Cheap and sup****ted, carried by Digikey et al.
WRT compilers, there is a good, community sup****ted gcc ****t at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr.
On the commercial side, I like Imagecraft's offering
http://www.imagecraft.com/
They also have a "eBox" kit that includes
compiler, board, LCD, keypad, etc. The ISP gizmo it comes with is
serial; I assume they're using the standard AVR pinout (it's likely a
clone of the original AVR ISP) so it should work with the USB AVRISP-2.
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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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