AVR-Chat

zAt 11:00 PM 20/12/2005, you wrote:
>Hi, I'm probably the oldest living active programmer in Australia

Someone may challenge you :-)

>I have done a lot with VB6 and assembly with the old 6502's 25 years

Having used the 6502 you will find the AVR range very easy to use.
Don't listen to those that would try to win you to the DARK side of
C... :-) assembler is pretty easy to use, you will have a huge amount
of choice on how to do things compared to the 6502.

First of all have you downloaded and installed AVR Studio? The new
version will allow you even to use C (if "they" win) or just assembler.
Do you have an STK500 development kit? If not you can go to Jaycar and
get yourself a couple of Mega8535 (or the older 90S8535) a couple of
8MHz crystals and pop them on a bit of veroboard, a 5V supply and
you are set. You will get lots of help from this list...that's
provided you supply us with a truthful copy of your birth certificate
to verify that in fact you are as old as you claim to be ;-)

ps you will need to organize a programmer (obtainable also from Jaycar
or make it yourself) an STK500 makes it all too easy as everything you
will need is there and may be cheaper....not as much fun though.

Regards

John Samperi

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