AVR-Chat

Very interesting Dave.  The propeller is a very cool gadget.  I think the Ardunio has a big following as well but I’ve not played with that as getting an AVR to talk is pretty easy now.

The Mikroe dev board + compiler is not perfect – but it’s pretty simple to get working.  And for a guy who’s trying to get his feet wet in a HOBBY interest level, it’s a great start.  That’s what cracks me up when guys to are pro-level talk down about a system like this – it’s been too long since they were at the point where walking was tough let alone running.  ha ha ha.

I’ve not done anything with other chips than some ancient Mot units.  But it is extreemly cool to be able to cook up a design and test the basic hardware on the computer.  And the work up the code and sim that on the PC as well.  Prior to a few years ago, the last time I worked on a uP was in the early 80’s – that was 100% assembly and there were no significant tools available.  We are light years ahead of that now.  

73, Jeff ACØC
www.ac0c.com



From: Dave Scanlan 
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 3:50 PM
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: RE: [AVR-Chat] Comments or thoughts required please

  
Hi Jeff,

At one time, I belonged to a robotics club in Roseville. The AVR and the
Propeller were the two most popular chips.

The Propeller with 8 cores was a dream for robotics.

I was one of 26 folks around the world to be on the beta test team for
the Propeller. I did these programs to teach engineers around the world
how program it.

No documentation was developed at the time, only a crud reference manual.

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?83915-SPIN-CODE-EXAMPLES-FOR-THE-B
EGINNER-(Public-Version)
<http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?83915-SPIN-CODE-EXAMPLES-FOR-THE-
BEGINNER-(Public-Version)&highlight=scanlan> &highlight=scanlan

From: mailto:AVR-Chat%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:AVR-Chat%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Cat
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:31 AM
To: mailto:AVR-Chat%40yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Comments or thoughts required please

Why not just buy an EVK1104?
Some learning to move to 32 bit AVR but what a board!

Cat

From: darrylmunns 
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 2:59 AM
To: mailto:AVR-Chat%40yahoogroups.com <mailto:AVR-Chat%40yahoogroups.com> 
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Comments or thoughts required please

Gidday,
I was going to upgrade my STK500 to a STK600. But I then became aware of the
development boards from "Mikroe Electronics". Specifically the "EasyAVR6"
and the "BigAVR6" development systems, they seem to be ideal for a home
hobbyist who wants to concentrate on the software side before trying to
implement the hardware. I currently have no one grand plan when it comes to
projects, but want to have a play with, data logging, GPS, home automation,
and would love to build a laser projector. 
My questions for the group are.
Has anybody dealt with this company and how did they find them?
Has anybody got these boards and what do they think of them?
Any other comments on the above would be welcome too.
Thanks in advance Darryl 

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