mcenhillk 3 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yet another hobbyist trying to teach himself electronics and embedded systems. I was a programmer for 10y, mostly server-side and the beginnings of J2EE but got frustrated with the layers upon layers of abstraction so I decided to start programming on the bare metal in my spare time. I played around with AVRs before Arduinos existed and enjoyed that but I've been told that you get better if you branch out to other micros. So, here I am. I already have a collections of launchpads and have worked through the MSP430 workshop that TI has online so I think I have a good basis to start with. Now I'm off working on my first project, an RGB LED strip driver that I can control the color and brightness. Should be fun. Mac spirilis 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spirilis 1,265 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Welcome! Sent from my Galaxy Note 10.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasson65 16 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 The closeness to the hardware is a different experience. If you try some assembly language you can really get a flavor for the silicon and the designers point of view. Welcome aboard! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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