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From: John E. on 15 Mar 2007 16:52 PIC is king, I'm sure. But I'd like to hear from those who are using all brands. Whichever you use, what do you like about it? What don't you like about others? Suggestions re. learning? I've programmed 68000 assembly and some higher-level languages (FORTRAN; some BASIC; COBOL if forced to admit it), so no stranger to programming, per se. Thanks, -- John English
From: Ian Bell on 15 Mar 2007 17:00 John E. wrote: > PIC is king, I'm sure. But I'd like to hear from those who are using all > brands. Whichever you use, what do you like about it? What don't you like > about others? Suggestions re. learning? > > I've programmed 68000 assembly and some higher-level languages (FORTRAN; > some BASIC; COBOL if forced to admit it), so no stranger to programming, > per se. > > Thanks, The answer is strongly application dependent. Ian
From: Eeyore on 15 Mar 2007 17:00 "John E." wrote: > PIC is king, I'm sure. But I'd like to hear from those who are using all > brands. Whichever you use, what do you like about it? 8051 family. You can't keep a good chip down. It's been going since 1981 IIRC. NXP's (formerly Philips) variants do all sorts of useful stuff with the 8051 core plus their RAM is static now so you can reduce the clock to zero to save power. And the 8051 is multi-sourced ! > What don't you like about others? PICs are indifferently documented so I've heard. I also heard something about dodgy compilers. Graham
From: grubertm on 15 Mar 2007 17:37 I think the AVR butterfly is a good starting point. Unfortunately the ICSP feature is quite picky with regards to voltage. http://www.smileymicros.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=34
From: martin griffith on 15 Mar 2007 17:51
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:52:06 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John E. <incognito(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >PIC is king, I'm sure. But I'd like to hear from those who are using all >brands. Whichever you use, what do you like about it? What don't you like >about others? Suggestions re. learning? > >I've programmed 68000 assembly and some higher-level languages (FORTRAN; some >BASIC; COBOL if forced to admit it), so no stranger to programming, per se. > >Thanks, I'd start with lurking the usergroups, such as 8052.com and avrfreaks, dont't know about a group for the MSP430. See what they are doing, then pic(k) one. Lots of cheap eval boards. Some of the ARM micros look amazing, but beyond my comprehension Comp.arch.embedded NG usually has a "my micro is better than your micro" thread going. Also checkout GCC compilers, Winavr etc. as you seem to be qualified for the dreaded makefile. And be sure to practice your soldering skills/ interfacing techniques, this is very important compared with the Windoze World martin |