Re: microcontroller recommendations
- From: Rich Webb <bbew.ar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:37:15 -0400
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:28:22 -0400, Neil <NeilKurzm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
-jg wrote:
On Mar 26, 1:51 am, "khong" <tkb5...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am planning to design a power wheelchair with touchpad control to help
disable people,who have stroke,to control the wheelchair easily.Which
microcontroller will be the best linking for touchpad control and power
motor?
Chose a device with HW support for CapSense - makes development
easier,
and the SW can focus on the filtering and user feedback..
Look at SiLabs C8051F70x series, for the User interface head unit, and
use the SiLabs C8051F5xx Automotive family for the Motor Control.
These are 5V operation, so can directly drive Power MOSFETS.
https://www.silabs.com/applications/automotive/Pages/MotorControl.aspx
and also see their toolsticks.
Or Microchip
or PSOC
Or AVR
Or ARM
Or MSP430
Or ad infinitum...
The clue is that there is no single "best" microcontroller *family* much
less a particular entry in that family. If the original poster has
experience with a given family, that's the place to start and iterate
from there. If he's never used any microcontrollers at all, then, if
it's a commercial venture, it's time to find somebody willing to
contract for the work.
If it's a one-off for someone with no microcontroller experience, it's
probably best to find a dev board that includes the full kit with
compiler, debugger, IDE, programming interface, probably an on-board
character LCD, and a bunch of I/O. Since "how big?" may be outside the
OP's experience, I'd suggest springing for a too large ARM setup; better
to have extra resources than to get halfway done and be resource
constrained.
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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