Re: recommendation of microcontroller please

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hi
i am new here. i would like to learn embedded programming on a very well
established microcontoller. I know that PICs are becoming more popular
but can someone tell me of a controller that is popular in industry for
several years (8 or 16 bit) and also has products available that i can use
to learn such as demo kits. motorola 68XX? Atmel? 8051?

many thanks
john


With the AVR, you need (want) the following tools.

1) gcc C compiler - or IAR. Some like Imagecraft.
2) AVR Studio
3) STK500 development board
4) JTAG-ICE Mk II.

If you want a real cheap environment, then you can try out the AVR Dragon
which is a low cost, low featur combination of STK500 + JTAGICE Mk II
but only works for chips with 32 kB flash or less.

You can get IAR, Imagecraft etc compilers which are limited to about 4 kB
code for free.

www.avrfreaks.net will be your friend.
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Best Regards,
Ulf Samuelsson
This is intended to be my personal opinion which may,
or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB


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