The 168 is it's junior cousin, and it's available. Sent from my Banana jr (tm) Mobile Device
On Dec 15, 2010, at 7:21 PM, "Bruce Lane" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm! Hadn't heard that... Any other Atmel DIPs among the AVR family you'd > suggest? > > Thanks. > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 15-Dec-10 at 18:44 Eric Garner wrote: > >> 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. >> >> __________ 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.
