My favorite for many uses is the Freescale MC68HC908QT4, or others in that series. Freescale provides a complete C development environment for free. The QT4 is an 8-pin package, with up to 6 I/O pins. I've used it for everything from a 555 timer replacement to the controller for an RPM meter, to the controller for a GPS/Rb/xtal freqency standard. Of course, for many purposes it doesn't particularly matter whose chip you use, as long as the tools are adequate. There are any number of choices, including the PIC line, which everyone but me seems to love. Bill Ezell ---------- They said 'Windows or better' so I used Linux.
John Miles wrote: It's sort of a religious matter, but if you are looking for an easy-to-use part with great, free C/C++ support, you'd most likely be happy with the AtMEGA series. -- john, KE5FX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[2]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Palfreyman Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:06 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] I want a good micro-controller Bruce, Yes that's exactly my plan. No GPS and designed for field use. A halfway decent crystal with interpolation from 1 PPS timestamps should provide decent results. And anything else I can dream up. Bottom line is I need to know which micro-controller to embrace. Thanks Didier for your suggestion. Any others? Jim _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, go to [4]https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. mailto:time-nuts@febo.com 4. https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.