[sdiy] how to learn C?

[Jason Proctor]

>On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Julien Delgoulet wrote:
>
>>  If you like hardware and software stuff ... you might go the 
>>Arduino way (so you want have any issue with compiler etc etc) and 
>>it is available on OSX/Linux/Windows.
>>  You will learn programming (at first arduino, then C, C++), you'll 
>>also learn how microcontrollers works, then DAC, etc. etc.
>
>From a pedagogical standpoint, I am a huge fan of the Arduino. It's 
>done a great job of lowering the barrier to entry of 
>microcontrollers, and it has a nice community "ecosystem" built 
>around it.

m'aussi. i picked the Arduino as i had three requirements for getting 
into microcontrollers -

1. cheap
2. dev environment runs on everything
3. uses a language i already know

- Arduino satisfied all three and the investment has paid back in spades.