Time for new uP

[Curtin, Steven D (Steven)]

What have people been using for a development system?  I got the starter
kit, which generously included a download cable and app, but the cheapest C
compiler for it seems to be the Codecraft, for another $90US.  One thing
going for the 68HC11 was the in-ROM Forth from New Micros, complete with an
interactive assembler.  Once I get the Codecraft I'll just compile pForth
(www.softsynth.com) and be off and running.

Here's a good link on AVR info, from Dontronics.

http://www.dontronics.com/atmel.html

Steve C

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Steven Curtin  
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics
ph: (732)949-4404   fax: (732)949-6711
http://curtin.emf.org
sdcurtin at lucent.com
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> ----------
> From: 	Byron G. Jacquot[SMTP:thescum at surfree.com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:48 PM
> To: 	synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: 	Re: Time for new uP
> 
> >Well boys and girls, I believe its time to face the music and let a new
> uP into
> >my circle. I have choosen Atmel AVRs for three very good reasons:
> >
> >1.  Folks on the list gave Atmel the "thumbs up"
> >2.  DigiKey has the STK200 starter kit for $49
> >3.  The voices in my head told me to do it.
> >
> >My old workhorse, the Motorola 68HC11, will still be around of course.
> We're old
> >friends, if you know what I mean.
> 
> I made the same transition about a year ago, and haven't looked back.  At
> first, because the "getting started" kinda of details seemed easier on the
> AVR than they did on the HC11, it felt a little less serious than the HC11
> had.
> 
> But after playing with all of those working registers, and the somewhat
> more
> orthogonal instruction set, it didn't take long to realize that it wasn't
> exactly a toy, either.
> 
> You'll find that the development tools are somewhat different (I've not
> yet
> found an AVR equivalent to Buffalo-Bug), but still fairly staright ahead.
> 
> Byron
> 
> (off to learn something more about the ST7 family...)
>