To anyone intimidated by MCUs, I'd recommend the Arduino platform. It's AVR
based, costs about $30, and doesn't need any additional hardware for
programming or serial debugging (except for a USB cable).
I particularly like that it comes with an IDE for Mac/Windows/Linux and
doesn't require you to set up a cross-compiler environment. With my old
SAM7X controller, I think I spent more time setting up and IDE and a
cross-compiler than I ever did writing code or using the controller.
The MCU is socketed and can be built into your project and replaced for
around $5 after you get it working correctly.
-Andrew
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:35 AM, sailingto <sailingtoo@...> wrote:
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> >I only ask that you
> > >refrain from asking for one till you have purchased a printer and are
> > >serious about the project.
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> That sounds very fair and the possible $5 price tag is more than
> reasonable!! Thank you for all your work.
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> > Or the hex file for a PIC, as those are more common and the
> > programmers are widely spread.
> > Cristian
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> and here it was I though the AVR chips were most "widely spread"
> {grinning}..... well, maybe not yet, but they sure are gaining!!!
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> I do really like this idea, and as I've mentioned before, if the TT method
> wasn't working so good for me, I'd sure be looking at this..... and once the
> double sided issue is worked out I might have to try it anyway....
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> I WILL be following these threads.
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> Ken H>
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