You may want to avoid the 328p. for the last year there have been supply problems to the distributors.
-eric Sent from my Banana jr (tm) Mobile Device On Dec 15, 2010, at 6:23 PM, "Bruce Lane" <[email protected]> wrote: > In fact, I was looking very hard at the 328P. AND I just happen to have an > STK500 on the way from the east coast (thanks to an Ebay purchase). > > Already got AVR Studio installed, and I also have IAR's AVR package > standing by. In short, I've got plenty to learn with. > > And you're right. I'll be learning both C and AVR assembler as I go along, > but the way I learn best is to actually DO something with programming rather > than just taking abstract example problems. > > Banzai! ;-) > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 14-Dec-10 at 22:37 John Miles 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. >> >> That's a good family of parts to start out with. It is very well supported >> and easy to work with. You don't really need to mess with the Arduino IDE >> and all the trimmings -- just set up AVR-GCC with WinAVR or one of the >> newer >> distributions and go from there. If you have ever done any C programming >> before, the learning curve will be measured in hours or days, not months. >> If you haven't, well... there's always assembly. >> >> There is a new low-cost kit with Arduino-like USB programming capability on >> the market: >> http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/usnoobie-kit-p-708.html?cPath=104_128 >> >> The first batch of these shipped with broken bootloader code so you have to >> have an STK-500 or similar programmer to get them up and running. I >> imagine >> that's been fixed by now, but at any rate, the Atmega328P is probably the >> chip you want, if you want a higher-end AVR controller that still comes in >> a >> DIP. >> >> I just rigged one of them up to drive a YIG synthesizer: >> http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/stellex.htm (see December 2010 update at the >> very bottom of the page). Apart from the USB bootloader confusion and the >> presence of a couple of spurious error/warning messages in the avrdude.exe >> programmer utility, I'd give it two thumbs up at a minimum. Great little >> device. >> >> -- john, KE5FX >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5706 (20101215) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
