FWIW, if you're looking for a cheap, very capable AVR dev board. i've had very good success with the Teensy. You can use AVR-GCC or assembler but it has an Arduino compatibility layer if thats your thing.
http://pjrc.com/teensy/index.html they're cheap and easy to work with, US made, and have great support and example code, and is breadboard/through hole friendly -Eric On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Bruce Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Fellow clock-tickers, > > I'm finally starting to learn microcontrollers, and have selected > Atmel's AVR line as my tool of choice. I've also discovered the Arduino site, > and am starting to learn their IDE as well. > > My first goal will be an open-source/open-hardware IRIG-B decoder > (takes IRIG-B 1kHz stream, sends the timecode to an LCD panel). I've noticed > a distinct lack of hobby-priced decoders on the market, and I intend to try > and remedy that. > > My initial development platform will be the Arduino Mega-2560 board. > However, that particular microcontroller is unlikely to be my final chip of > choice due to the fact it's not available in a hobbyist-friendly DIP package. > If others with more development skill have suggestions for a different chip, > I will gladly listen. > > Stay tuned for further developments (no pun intended). I expect this > to take at least a few months, as the learning curve looks kind of steep. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, > Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com > kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m > "Quid Malmborg in Plano..." > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
