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Brian--
   Heed Marty's advice.  Look at development tools.  It will save you much
grief.
   What kind of budget do you have for tools?  Do you have more time than
money?  Do you mind playing with a gcc to get it working, or do you want a
load and run type environment?
  You mentioned a coin meter.  If you let us know a little more about the
requirements, maybe some of the list members could help guide you toward a
particular processor.  It sounds like a 68k might be overkill, and maybe an
'11 or an '08 would be a better fit.  Depending on your prototyping
capabilities, a lower pin count package might make a self built board a
whole lot easier to work with.
   I like the PE Micro stuff, but that is a purely subjective opinion, and I
am sure other people have their own preferences.  Check a catalog (Newark,
maybe?) or cruise the web if you want to get an idea how much the
development kits cost.
  Good luck,
Kurt


----- Original Message -----
From: "BrianJHoskins" <BrianJHoskins@...>
To: <68300@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: [68300] What MicroController??


> Hi all! I'm new to this group so first of all, pleased to meet you all :)
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> I'd appreciate a little advice on MicroController choice, but I'll just
> give a short backround on myself first so you know where I stand.
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> I'm currently studying for an HND in Electronics, and I already have a
> number of Electronics qualifications behind me so while I don't pretend to
> be an expert on the subject (still have LOADS to learn) I do know a fair
> bit, and I know enough such that learning knew stuff is simply a matter of
> building on what I already know.  As far as Microprocessors go, I started
> experimenting with them using the 6502 some time ago.  Having touched on
> Assembly programming techniques with that, I moved on to the Z80 - and I
> studied that in quite a bit more detail.  At the moment I've only really
> learnt the theory behind MicroProcessor design and experiemnted with a few
> of my own programs, so I've yet to gain the experience of designing and
> building a complete system to solve a real application.
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> I have actually just started out on my 1st REAL MicroProcessor based
> project - a MicroProcessor controlled coin meter to solve a problem for
> the company I work for (I dont actually work in Electronics design though,
> I do it as a hobby) and I haven't yet chosen a MicroController to develop
> this project with.  I've always loved the 68000 series as a processor, and
> I've already begun studying assembly programming techniques for it so that
> I can develop real applications with it.  With that in mind, I'd really
> like to base my first real MicroProcessor controlled project around the
> 68K series of MicroControllers.
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> Most people that I've spoken to so far have recommended the PIC, and I'm
> certainly not ruling that suggestion out yet, but I really would like to
> use the 68000 series if I can, because it would provide a learning
> exercise that I'm interested in aswel, which would give extra motivation.
> I've allowed myself 2-years development time for this project (because
> it's going to be a learning curve) so I do feel that there's plenty of
> time for me to get to grips with the processor properly.
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> As far as 68K based MicroControllers go though, I'm a little in the dark.
> I've never played with them before and as a result I have no idea which
> one to choose for developing my project with.  If anyone could offer any
> good advice with regards to 68K based MicroControllers I'd be very
> greatful, and I don't mind looking the information up myself at all so if
> you know good links then please share them!  If you need to know more
> about my project in order to offer the best advice just let me know and
> I'll tell you all about it.  The thing is I don't really want to use a
> controller that is way too powerful for my needs, or end up using one that
> is underpowered or limited in some way, and also I'm going to need to
> consider prices aren't I. So lots to do!!!
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> Any general advice would be most appreciated :) Thanks in advance.
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