Re: gEDA-user: Design Lab Equipment

[Ryan Seal <rseal@xxxxxxxx>]

> If you are familiar with C  I'd suggest a microcontroller that is 
> capable of being programmed in C, assembly can be tighter and cleaner, 
> but that takes practice.
> I am fond of the Atmel AVR series, and the GCC tool chain that goes 
> along with it,  it is also convient for OS X and Linux users, as the 
> basic stamps native environment is windows.
> yes they have compilers and such for linux, but the AVRs have better 
> OS X support.  With the GCC tool chain you have the ability to use 
> both assembly and C
I also like the microchip PIC line. CCS offers a nice compiler in Linux 
for about 80 bucks (with a student discount) - but, if you are new to 
all of this, I would second the motion for the Atmel AVR series as well; 
since they offer the gcc avr compiler for Linux. I purchased the STK500 
kit from digi-key some time ago and am still waiting on a free moment to 
evaluate it.

Ryan




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