[Coco] What version the of C programing is most used?

[Frank Pittel]

On a side note Parallax has a sale on their "what's a microcontroller" kit. Although
it's not on sale they also have an "educationn kit" for the propeller. The what's a
microcontroller kit is based around their basic stamp and comes with a stamp board
and components to allow you to actually build the circuits you're writing software for.
With the next GCCC meeting coming up in a few days and I can bring what I have for Brian
to look at. While the basic stamp is programmed in a form of basic instead of C or C++ the
kit does a good job of introducing microcontrollers and how to program them. There are also a
good number of other education kits available for the basic stamp that does a good job
of teaching the concepts of embedded control and programming. Once you learn those concepts
using C or C++ is an easy transition.

The Other Frank

BTW - I'm still planning to look into exploring the picaxe that Steve B. mentioned as well
as some of the Atmel stuff. :-) For now I've still in over my head with the propeller from
Parallax!


On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 12:54:55PM -0600, Joel Ewy wrote:
> On 12/05/2011 11:48 AM, Tony Cappellini wrote:
> >Message: 12
> >Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:56:40 -0600
> >From: Timothy Keith<timothy.g.keith at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Coco] What version the of C programing is most used?
> >To: coco at maltedmedia.com
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> >>>You might check out the Arduino.  You can play with these microcontrollers
> >>>for a few dollars.  You only need the board and a USB cable to get
> >started.
> >
> >They are more than a few dollars, more like $25-$65.
> >The base microcontroller chip is only $5-$6, but then that's not really an
> >Arduino.
> >
> 
> Solarbotics' Ardweeny is $10, plus a $15 programming board
> (USB<->Serial adapter).  Get one programming adapter, plug it into
> the Ardweeny when you want to program it, and then use it for as
> many other Ardweenies as you care to pick up at $10 a pop.  Pretty
> darn cheap, if you can solder a few through-hole components.
> 
> JCE
> 
> >I'm using them for a project at work. They are great to get exposure to
> >embedded programming,
> >although the Arduino IDE is crude.
> >
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