AVR-Chat

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:48:02PM -0000, John KG9DK wrote:

> I have been following the thead on Basic, "C" and asm for programing
> and then forth was mention.  I would like to know more about forth
> in regards to the avr devics.

A quick and easy way to try out FORTH on the AVR is to check out
PFAVR:

     http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Python/pfavr/

You'll need at least 32K of RAM so you'll need an AVR that supports
external memory.  I've tested this on my MAVRIC-IB board which
includes the RAM on board as well as my MAVRIC-IIB board w/memory
expansion installed and both work just fine:

     http://www.bdmicro.com

PFAVR is free so you can try it out without spending a lot of money.
Also, you'll find pre-built firmware on the PFAVR web site above, so
you don't have to build it first, which can be a little tricky.

-Brian
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Brian Dean
ATmega128 based MAVRIC controllers
http://www.bdmicro.com/