--- In [email protected], "John H. Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear AQRPer's, > > I am 61 years old and have the attention span of a gnat :-) So it > has become increasingly hard for me to start a project and complete it. > As some of you know, I did most of the basic research, DSP chip > selection, hardware design and hardware related software implementation > for the NUE-PSK which started out as a Software Defined Radio design. My > inability or desire to follow through led to Milt picking up the ball > and running with it. NUE-PSK would not have happened without Milt's > tenacity in converting the Moe Wheatley PSK31 software over to C and to > the dsPIC processor. Milt tied it all together with great foresight. > Likewise without the skills and tenacity of George Heron, the NUE-PSK > would not have come to fruition. Subsequently many volunteers have > contributed to this project. My point is that I have always considered > myself on the leading edge or advanced development end of things. > However now I would like to concentrate on teaching "C" and teaching the > skill of making a microcontroller actually do something in the real > world. I hope that we can come up with a sort of online forum for those > interested where everyone can contribute their skills and knowledge. I > have spent the last several years exploring every micro I can get my > hands on up to the Advanced Risc Machine, ARM. Several things are > abundantly clear. Using C and having good debug capability are vital. > Picking a simple, easy to work with, inexpensive, processor is essential > for initial learning. I think if we can get people over that initial > hump and actually blinking an LED, and understanding how it works, we > can all pick up the ball and run with it. The first step is to find a > medium or forum to teach from preferably telecommuting. One way would be > to start an AQRP special interest group devoted to microcontrollers. I'm > all ears. I would like to share the experience I've had with > microcontrollers, and help others to get interested. I refuse to let > this be an ego driven event on my part and will bow out if it begins to > be so. But for now my intentions are honorable, and hopefully when the > student is ready the teacher will appear :-) Or as I like to say, "a > little logic goes a long way" :-) > > CU Saturday at the AQRP meeting, > > Regards, > John >
Hi John Sounds a good idea. I have successfully used the tutorial by James Lynch: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ARM/ARM_Cross_Development_with_Eclipse.pdf to set up my environment at home using the free tools that he mentions. Its a long document, but very thorough. There is also a Yahoo group dedicated to the NXP LPC2000 series of ARM-based micros. I believe it's called 'LPC2000' ;o) Regards, John, G4GOY
