Embedded processors for DIY projects ?

[Michael Buchstaller]

(lots of AVR explanations snipped)
>The ICE was $200, and the initial kit was $50...hunt for the STK200.  the
>STK came with an Assembler, programming software, datasheets on CDROM, a
>little carrier board that fits a fair variety of the parts, an 8515, and a
>parallel port programmer.

Sounds good. Has anybody else used this STK200 kit ?

>AVRs have been hard to get recently, too, because Atmel are very busy making
>flash memory rather than microcontrollers.

How hard are they really to get ? I do not want to experience the Philips C750 disaster
again !

>I'm sure if you place a pre-order of 100,000 controllers, they'll be
>flexible with things like that.  But most of us aren't Nokia, or Sony or...

This is the problem with all those large IC manufacturers. They are mostly concentrating on
their large customers and often ignore that some of the smaller companies using microcontrollers
could also sometimes grow up and become major customers...


-Michael Buchstaller