AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Theo Maryonovich" 
<ted_marytl@s...> wrote:
> Hello users,
> 
> I am new to this group and AVR's in general.  My experience is 
mainly with PIC 16,17,and 18 series controllers.  Does anybody have 
a suggestion on a AVR controller to start with and a C compiler.  I 
would like to process some low-speed video data.  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Ted

Ted,

Welcome to the AVR world.  After using PICs, you will be very 
pleased.  Pick up an Atmel STK500 development board.  I believe they 
are about $70.  You can then play around with any AVR in a DIP 
package.  That should get you started.  It comes with Atmel's AVR 
Studio which is an integrated editor, assembler and simulator 
designed to work with the STK500.  For C, you can pick up WinAVR, a 
ready to run GCC package put together for Windows.  I have not been 
too impressed with the AVR version of GCC but this newest version 
looks pretty good.  Oh yeah, it's free.

A nice starter would be something in the  ATMEGAxx line.  Lots of 
flash, EEPROM, and RAM with all the integrated peripherals you 
need.  And, up to 16 MIPs to boot.

Randy Ott