So, I don’t have a problem (yet), but I’m looking for some advice.
How do I move from Arduinos to a custom micro controller project. I’m comfortable with the Arduino for one-off projects or for development. But, it contains more features than I often need. And comparatively, it has a large footprint that constrains where I can place the hardware. This line of thought began when I designed a project, and the Arduino Nano was a scootch too large. I need something like (estimated) 12mm x 25mmin size.
So of course, there is reticence on my part, preventing me from going forward.
So far, I figure that I need a way to program the device. This includes an IDE, comm interface, programming harness or board and a programmer at a minimum. The programming environment would have a socket, perhaps on an adapter, so the chip can be programmed and subsequently installed on the production PCB board(s).
Note that once I’m in production and the device has been programmed, I don’t expect any requirement to change the programming.
This hopefully will become a consumer product.
Other than comm, I currently believe that the chip datasheet will give me the electrical characteristics of the chip and its IO pins. I thus believe that won’t be an impediment to the implementation.
Or, I asked myself if there was another platform (non-Arduino) that would give me a programmable microprocessor, power control (I.e. sleep) and 3-4 IO ports? I didn’t have an answer.
So my learned and experienced AAC fellows... Can you briefly respond to my reticence? Are you aware of any resources that will assist my studies?
Update: corrected measurement estimates
How do I move from Arduinos to a custom micro controller project. I’m comfortable with the Arduino for one-off projects or for development. But, it contains more features than I often need. And comparatively, it has a large footprint that constrains where I can place the hardware. This line of thought began when I designed a project, and the Arduino Nano was a scootch too large. I need something like (estimated) 12mm x 25mmin size.
So of course, there is reticence on my part, preventing me from going forward.
So far, I figure that I need a way to program the device. This includes an IDE, comm interface, programming harness or board and a programmer at a minimum. The programming environment would have a socket, perhaps on an adapter, so the chip can be programmed and subsequently installed on the production PCB board(s).
Note that once I’m in production and the device has been programmed, I don’t expect any requirement to change the programming.
This hopefully will become a consumer product.
Other than comm, I currently believe that the chip datasheet will give me the electrical characteristics of the chip and its IO pins. I thus believe that won’t be an impediment to the implementation.
Or, I asked myself if there was another platform (non-Arduino) that would give me a programmable microprocessor, power control (I.e. sleep) and 3-4 IO ports? I didn’t have an answer.
So my learned and experienced AAC fellows... Can you briefly respond to my reticence? Are you aware of any resources that will assist my studies?
Update: corrected measurement estimates
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