dev.emcelettronica.com — Computer systems are essentially split in two categories. The first and most obvious category is that of personal computers. The second one is that of embedded computers. Even if every house has al least 10 embedded computers, this last category is far less obvious...
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jonathanseelyMar 28, 2009
Awesome, easy guide! Thanks.
Closed AccountMar 28, 2009
Nice article. If only it were so easy.
aleman360Mar 28, 2009
Even easier is a Parallax BASIC stamp. Write in BASIC instead of mucking around in Assembly or C (it's actually just a PIC microcontroller running a BASIC interpreter): <a class="user" href="http://www.parallax.com/tabid/295/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.parallax.com/tabid/295/Default.aspx</a>I used these in college for design projects and they are super easy to program for. You can get a full dev kit with a USB interface at Radio Shack for like $60-80.For example, to send 5V out on one of the many I/O pins, the code is:HIGH PIN_NUMBERCan't get much easier than that. It also comes with a book that explains and provides code for interfacing an ADC, 555 timer, etc. Only does integer math though.
thoughtleechMar 28, 2009
Silicon Labs c8051F120 developement kit for $99. The things i could have done with this thing in college... =)
haploMar 28, 2009
ARM is CISC? Huh?
akieranMar 29, 2009
I've be tinkering with PICs for a few years and they're a lot of fun to work with. I've bought several development boards but by far the best, is this one:<a class="user" href="http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easypic5/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easypic5/</a>No, I have no connection to the company. I just love my EasyPIC.A.
Closed AccountMar 29, 2009
Except for several errors, this shows a nice insight about hardwares.