Re: gEDA-user: Design Lab Equipment

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 3, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Ryan Seal wrote:
> > 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.

  The CCS compiler is *excellent*...it produces extremely tight code  
and is easy to use.  Sadly I didn't get the student discount but it  
is well worth even the full price!

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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