The PICs are very good, and Microchip is a great company to deal with, but my personal favorite is the Atmel AVR line; programmable in C (avr- gcc), has on-board EEPROM for parameter storage and in-system- reprogrammable flash for operating code, and for $8 I can get 12 MIPS of RISC processor with 32 MB of RAM and 32 I/O lines, with the usual timers/counters/PWM/etc... Really, no matter whichever microcontroller line you prefer, they're an incredibly powerful, cost-efficient embedded platform.
I agree fully with Frank's viewpoint on modular designs, too. -- Steve H On Sep 10, 3:16 pm, Frank Pittelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aahz wrote: > > SteveH wrote: > >> Yaah, I got a Gumstix too. While they're really neat and tiny, the > >> hardware expandability is problematic > > > And that's what stopped me. I'm messing about with Arduino's now. > > Real micro-controller developers use PICs for everything (with a healthy > dose of assembly code thrown in just to prove who's boss). > > Three or four of them on a small PCB can yield some truly powerful > control systems. Modular designs are always better than monolithic > designs and the PIC is the world leading module when it comes to > price/adaptability. If you find yourself needing more CPU speed, more > memory or more ports, just add another chip or two and break the problem > up. At $1.50 each, with very few external components, why not? > > Frank P. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
