[sdiy] Which programable chip?

[Scott Juskiw]

Arduino certainly looks easy to use, but it doesn't seem to have any  
analogue outputs. Is there anything like Arduino that also includes on  
board DACs (at least 12 bit)?

>
> 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