[sdiy] Jim's further adventures with the AVR!

[Brock Russell]

Hi Jim:

Re.
>     2.  The examples are a dismal failure...So far, I have had to
>modify, quite heavily, both examples.  The first example, while
>technically there was nothing wrong with the code (it wrote a patern to
>LEDs on a port), the code did not use the same ports as would be found
>on the STK200 board, which seems odd, as I would assume that most people
>who are trying to learn how to use the AVR would be using this board.

The SDK200 has been replaced by the SDK500 which supports
all AVR devices except the MEGA parts. It is possible the code
example was written for the new board. However, I suspect they
distribute exactly the same code for all boards because I had
the same wrong port problem with the code examples that came
with the SDK300. I don't recall looking at the code examples for
the SDK500 when I got it but initially, I did the same thing with
both boards as you did, Cylon light chaser. This does seem to
be the 'Hello world' equivalent for eval boards with a row of leds.


Regarding your other projects,
         Simple RTOS
         Sample/Hold interface
         Sequencer

I've been toying with similar plans, S/H because I want to go hybrid
with my modular, and a sequencer because I choked at the price of
pots and knobs after deciding to build a three bank SuperSeque
this summer. I'm thinking of using the mega103 for the sequencer,
don't need the code space but the external SRAM interface is nice.
What device are you using?

Brock