I would stick to the AVR platform. It has a huge hobbyist userbase, so all of your questions will be answered and you'll have no shortage of interesting projects. There are a lot of PIC guys out there too, I'm not one of them.. Also, there's TI's new offering, the MSP430. I prefer AVR because the toolset is free, the userbase is large, the available chip catalog is huge. All microcontrollers and microprocessors have their own tricks and pitfalls, I don't think that learning a more complicated microprocessor will necessarily help you learn an AVR (or at least, not more than learning to program a PIC would). It depends on what your real goal is here. If it is to make microcontroller nixie clocks, then the shortest path to get there is a simple microcontroller. If your goal is to learn complicated microprocessors for your resume, then do that. :)
-Adam On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:02 PM, neutron spin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Adam, > > I have an STK-500 that all it was ever used for was to burn some hex for a > few chips I was experimenting with. I did compile some Bascom code for a > nixie design and it actually worked and then programmed an AVR chip for the > clock...yippie!!... So that is where I am right now. So I do have the tools > for AVR stuff but have not modified any code or written much. I really need > to roll up my sleeves and just try some coding...I have done "Hello > World" ...so there is some hope for me. I was checking on a little ARM MBED > 1768 dev board from NXP and it also looked promising. There is a site called > MBED that seems to have a nice toolset for beginners on embedded MCU's. I > guess my theory is...if I learn on a more sophistated MCU perhaps that would > be beneficial later on. It seems that it may be overkill but if I start on > a platform that is more powerful and I decide later to do other things that > seemed to be the most logical way to go. I welcome comments as this site > has some experienced people that have been quite helpful. > > Regards > > Robert > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/f8UaE9E1qjoJ. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
