[sdiy] Which programable chip?

[Ian Smith]

Hmm... I've looked at the Arduino a bit here and there before. It looks like (correct me if I'm wrong) that I can program a chip loaded with the Arduino bootloader, pull it out of the Arduino board and given that there's a 16MHz chrystal involved, plug it into a board with the rest of my circuit on it.

-Ian

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> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:25:39 -0700
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> From: jason at redfish.net
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Which programable chip?
>
> 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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