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Subject: Msg from the Moderator Re: microcontrollers for a beginner

From: "alienrelics" <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2010-05-18

This thread needs to move to Electronics_101 as it has clearly become a general electronics/microcontroller thread.

Steve Greenfield
your friendly neighborhood moderator

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Cristian <bip@...> wrote:
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> >Is there a place to go to get an overview? Learn what's out there,
> >perhaps get enough insight to enable me to pick a direction? A web site?
> >A book? An email reflector?
>
> I'm using FlowCode 4 for PIC from MatrixMultimedia.
> It is good for the beginner.
>
> Google for PicAxe too.
> They can be programmed directly from the serial port, without any
> physical programmer.
> Also, their FlowCart is free,
>
> You can do simple programs, for the beginning, using intuitive flow charts .
> For more sophisticated ones you have to learn programming in Basic or C.
> Cristian
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