On 08/18/2011 09:52 AM, John Shaver wrote: >> Has anyone used either of this with any degree of success? >> > > > I am also interested to know more. I have looked at purchasing an > Arduino unit for a while just to play around and see what it can do. > Last I checked it wasn't extremely cheap though. Any success > stories?
Arduino seems cheap enough. If you want cheaper you can look at other AtMega-based boards. Arduino is just an Atmega processor with a standardized board, I/O interfaces, programming language and IDE, and and the Arduino boot loader. The latter two aren't really required. I've done some minor work on some code with straight avr-gcc and avrdude and it was pretty straight forward to upload the code (through an avr programmer). Also there are other microcontroller platforms, including one that's compatible with Arduino's I/O stuff that is 32-bit. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
