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A Butterfly will get you quite a ways. It IS inexpensive. It will  
allow you to develop some skill with C. With a built-in bootloader, it  
is relatively easy to use. It IS short on a diversity of I/O. In  
addition to the LCD, there is a beeper, I think. It will let you learn  
a LOT about timers, and those are key elements of many programs (and  
sometimes confusing to learn).

Best is really in the eye of the beholder. I also got my start with  
BASIC, pre-CPM, even.  But, I am reasonably comfortable with this  
modern c-thingie. Guess it will stay with us for at least a few more  
years.

There really is no "c training board", that I know of because any such  
board can also be an "assembler training board". Many use the Atmel  
STK-500.

Jim Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics

On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:50 AM, u4ia2000 wrote:

> What's the best learning tool for the ARV's both interfacing and  
> learning "C"? I've searched here on a lot of the archives and the  
> internet trying to find the best place to start. I ordered a  
> "Butterfly" and the Butterfly Carrier" and am thinking of ordering  
> an "Atmel AVR C Training Course & Dev. Board" and would like some  
> opinions on the best way to go, please. Is that polite enough? In  
> case your wondering that last statement is for the moderator.
> I know it's debatable about the best programming language to start  
> with but after much reading have decided to go with "C". I have  
> written programs in "Basic" many years ago when computers only had  
> 64k memory and there was no canned software or print drivers out  
> yet-- the days of the CPM operating system and Bill Gates was still  
> in high school. Maybe I should have stuck with it and I would have  
> several billion now. Anyway, any help you might care to provide  
> would be greatly appreciated-- about the Amtel C Training Board that  
> is.
>
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