As far as micro's go, if you're talking about a low cost entry point, then here's another option; http://www.st.com/mcu/contentid-130-113-STM8S_DISCOVERY.html
Regards Roland On 31 October 2010 13:56, Andy Pugh <a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > On 31 October 2010 03:58, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> > wrote: > > > a mega chip for $3 to $10, a programmer > > for $20, add a proto board and some other small bits > > Have you discounted the Arduino? That is effectively all of the above, > a power supply and USB/Serial conversion all in one unit. > Add in the Free Arduino programming environment and libraries and > anybody can be flashing LEDs from C-code within about 20 minutes. (I > was, with no prior experience of Microcontrollers or C) > You just plug in a USB cable, fire up the software (Mac, Linux or PC) > and start programming. > > There is a version using the Mega2560 > http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Hardware > > As an indication of how easy and "friendly" the whole thing is, I > followed this tutorial to get going: > http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html > > Of course, that might all be _too_ easy :-) > > -- > atp > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
