Re: Learning About Microcontrollers - Advice
- From: "John" <JohnSickOfSpam@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:09:57 +0100
Hi Petrus,
Sorry, objective is really basic "home control" (ie lights switching, maybe
some environmental control such as temperature sensing etc. and perhaps some
remote control over the Internet), but also for general interest. I think
I'll leave launching satellites for week two!
Thanks very much for the link, which I've had a very quick scan through,
particularly the "are you sure" part. In many ways I would prefer to go
down the plug together modules (such as www.phidgets.com) although this
appears to increase the cost and you end up with a solution that's either
over spec'd or doesn't quite achieve what you want. I am reasonably useful
in VB.NET and so thought that a bit of C programming wouldn't be that much
of a leap, although as your article points out, the post flicking LEDs on
and off becomes more intensive.
So what do you think are there other modular systems you'd recommend or
something like "PICkit 2 Development Programmer"
(http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en023805)
be a better option?
Thanks again.
Best regards
John
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Hi there,
I wanting to start learning about programming microcontrollers and have
done some preliminary research have discovered I need some advice.
I seem to have a lot of abbreviations, but am not sure which is the best
path to choose, ie should I start with PIC, dsPIC, FPGA etc. The trouble
is that there seem to a lot of "starter kits" but what or the general
pro's and cons. Can anyone point me towards a good high-level article
for beginners that would explain this stuff? I've had a good look at
Microchip.com's site but even within that can't really decide what better
for what and why?
All help greatly appreciated!
Best regards
John (UK)
John,
Main question: What do you want to achieve? Micros can be used to serve a
lot of purposes but they are devices, seldom a cause in itself. Some are
used in toys, some in satellites and a lot of them in the world between.
As for micros, I consider http://www.voti.nl/swp/
a good intro in the world of micros.
BTW FPGAs are not micros but other programmable devices. IMHO you need to
have quite some understanding of digital design to use them.
petrus bitbyter
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