GeekDoc 226 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I got a bunch of AVR stuff, including an Arduino Uno, from Jim940 here. Anyone have a good starting point for a noob with the AVR? I'm looking for good starter projects and good reference pages. I mean, I'm at the point where I don't even know the capabilities of all the chips I have now (though I'm pretty sure none of them will work in the Arduino). Using the Arduino shouldn't be too bad. There are Arduino projects/info all over the web. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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simpleavr 399 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 long lime no see, doc. yes, avrfreak definitely. i recalled that u always get distracted when u see a deal. all these free kits, now avr in a lot. but i got to tell u, launchpad is a better deal. i found the msp430 instruction set more coherent and easier to work with. but you got to know where things are. i,e. datasheet, example codes, etc. you have to spend more time initially, but the reward is great. otoh, avr is very easy to pick-up as it's been around for so long. i enjoy both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickta59 589 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Anyone have a good starting point for a noob with the AVR? I'm looking for good starter projects and good reference pages. I mean, I'm at the point where I don't even know the capabilities of all the chips I have now (though I'm pretty sure none of them will work in the Arduino). There are 2 popular approaches to using the ATMEL chips, you can use an ISP programmer or a serial bootloader. Depending on which method you choose dictates how you will create projects and program the chips. It looks like there was an ISPmkII in your load of booty so you can use either method. Here are some sites worth looking at: http://www.avrbeginners.net/ http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/how_to/atmega168/mega168_howto_main_index.php http://smileymicros.com/blog/2011/06/15/arduino-on-a-breadboard-breadboarduino/ http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/ArduinoBreadboard http://www.avrfreaks.net -rick GeekDoc and bluehash 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 i recalled that u always get distracted when u see a deal. all these free kits, now avr in a lot. but i got to tell u, launchpad is a better deal. Oh MSP430 is still my favorite! For the things I want to do, the value-line have plenty of power. The fact that you need effectively zero extra parts to put one in a circuit is a huge plus. And the price? Cheap to free! I guess I just wanted to see what's on the other side of the fence. And a big thanks to Rickta59 for all the links! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jim940 28 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee281/index.html http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod ... novice.pdf http://hlt.media.mit.edu/wiki/pmwiki.ph ... n.HomePage http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-a ... ut06_avr1/ http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/Tutorials http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/microcontrolle ... tebook.pdf http://www.ccs.neu.edu/course/cs4610/do ... ibrary.pdf Jim gordon, GeekDoc and bluehash 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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