On 08/23/2011 12:45 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > However I've made up my mind, after looking at the overall support and > talking to customer service at both Microchip Direct& Mouser, it > looks like the clear winner for speedy development with lots of > community support is going to be an Arduino, supplied by Mouser. I > have to admit they have the best customer service& sales team I've > ever seen. > I placed my order today& got a tracking number today. Just checked& > my uno landed in Salt Lake a few hours ago. I'll keep you folks > updated on my progress. > > Thanks for all the advice& keep it coming, I'm still very curious.
I've written a few small programs at home for both PIC and Arduino in the past few years. Starting with a PIC, I first wanted to get dirty and write in assembly language, but I quickly realized just how quirky a PIC really is and how little I cared about optimization (I was building a game for kids) so I switched to a C compiler. I also tried some custom language (can't remember which), but that language had no support for arrays, making it extremely limited. Later on, I played with RepRaps and learned about Arduino. I found it very easy to update and fix code with an Arduino. For prototyping, the ease of development with Arduino easily offsets the extra cost. I really should have built the kids' game with an Arduino. I would have had extra time before Christmas to add more features and make it easier to use. Oh well, next time I will! Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
