[sdiy] Which programable chip?

[Jason Proctor]

i felt the same way until i discovered the 
arduino environment. it satisfied three major 
requirements -

1 - cheap (i didn't know whether i'd take to it)
2 - platform neutral dev environment (and program 
via USB rather than serial, etc)
3 - uses a language i already know (time for this is limited)

- and the overwhelming sense i've had from doing 
stuff with it is that it's simple and easy and 
stuff often just works. there's not enough grunt 
really for serious DSP stuff (probably) but as a 
starter environment it's hard to beat.

stuff i'm doing with ard -

- module platform (basically for modular synth)
- clock box
- sequencer platform



>I'm fairly new to microcontrollers and 
>programmable logic. I'm actually studying 
>Verilog right now and it looks fairly 
>straightforward. I can see how to do the program 
>in C++ but I know that's not the same as or 
>necessarily close to VHDL. I guess I'm kinda 
>overwhelmed by the number of chips available.
>
>-Ian
>
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>>  Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:19:07 -0700
>>  From: johnspeth at yahoo.com
>>  Subject: Re: [sdiy] Which programable chip?
>>  To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>
>>
>>  You're describing a sequentially clocked and 
>>cycled mux.  Such a design would easily fit 
>>into an 8, 16, or 32 bit microcontroller 
>>provided the pin count meets your requirements. 
>>Clock latency shouldn't be a problem on most 
>>modern day devices.
>>
>>  It will also fit into all your other target 
>>candidates: PLDs etc and even an FPGA.  I think 
>>it's a matter of where your skills lie.  If it 
>>was me, I'd use a microcontroller, whichever 
>>one I happen to have on hand.
>>
>>  JJS
>
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