Re: Programmer / Evaluation Board / Development Board

In message <3770ee9c-4cb9-4433-b6de-f4d43633bad5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tomás Ó hÉilidhe <toe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Are all of these the same thing?

Once I take a fancy to a particular microcontroller, the first thing
I'll want is a piece of hardware I can use for programming the chip.
Now given that I'm just one person working away in my bedroom with my
laptop, I'm not looking for some sort of industrial product the size
of a washing machine that can program 72 thousand chips every minute.
I'd want something small, no larger than the size of a CD dewel case,
that can hook up to my laptop via USB port / COM port / LPT port. It
shouldn't be too expensive either, but if it's pricey then I'll look
for a second-hand one on eBay.

Try

http://www.olimex.com


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