Re: Learning embedded coding, which uC?

Hello Jim,

.. and I should add this new 80C51 one: more expensive, but also much more resource, and this ST uPSD chip has USB included, and also has on-chip JTAG debug/trace.

http://www.st.com/stonline/press/news/year2005/p1666d.htm

For $199 that seems like a good deal indeed. Graphics LCD, USB, pod and all. That's almost what the MSP430 environment cost, sans LCD :-(

Just make sure the IDE eval version has enough poop. I think TI limits theirs at 4k for C and unlimited for assembler. That ought to do for a good warm-up with the tools.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
.