Your advise regarding microcontrollers for small projects.
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You can use Mplab-x now to write code in C for the AVR I have not tried it It's kind of new but the new Ide has AVr included.
I have used a $2 clone even made a programmer for the 328 and used the gcc that comes with arduino is called without the core
to code in C kind of cool cause you can then see the real speed you can get with pwm even a toggle.
I wish I started in C 14 years ago LOL. I got a lot to learn about C lol
I have used a $2 clone even made a programmer for the 328 and used the gcc that comes with arduino is called without the core
to code in C kind of cool cause you can then see the real speed you can get with pwm even a toggle.
I wish I started in C 14 years ago LOL. I got a lot to learn about C lol
ArakelTheDragon
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I think they posted a new version recently, which excludes the Assembler?
MaxHeadRoom
- Joined Jul 18, 2013
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They haven't posted a upgrade for some time, I am on auto upgrade and using the latest OK.
Max.
Late to the party and new around here, but my 2 cents:
I have experience with the TI MSP430G2 family and, given their memory is very small (especially on the cheapest MSP430G2001), I really enjoy the free full compiler (including optimizer) built into the CCS GUI - you can put a lot more with whole program optimization (-O4). Also, they have multiple levels of printf(), which can use very small memory footprints (useful for debugging) - although in this particular family even the smaller level can be significant.
As with any Eclipse-based GUI, CCS is really big and there is some learning curve to do, but the learning can be used with other Eclipse-based environments as well.
Regardless of what device you use, one tip I usually follow is to start with the largest variant on the family so you don't have to worry if the program "fits" while trying to learn a new device. Another tip is to get a good working UART printf example code as a substitute for printf() - there is one on the Launchpad board (despite its UART being sometimes finicky).
The device pages have large comparison tables across variants of the same family:
Smaller footprint: http://www.ti.com/product/MSP430G2231#parametrics
Larger footprint: http://www.ti.com/product/MSP430G2553#parametrics
I have experience with the TI MSP430G2 family and, given their memory is very small (especially on the cheapest MSP430G2001), I really enjoy the free full compiler (including optimizer) built into the CCS GUI - you can put a lot more with whole program optimization (-O4). Also, they have multiple levels of printf(), which can use very small memory footprints (useful for debugging) - although in this particular family even the smaller level can be significant.
As with any Eclipse-based GUI, CCS is really big and there is some learning curve to do, but the learning can be used with other Eclipse-based environments as well.
Regardless of what device you use, one tip I usually follow is to start with the largest variant on the family so you don't have to worry if the program "fits" while trying to learn a new device. Another tip is to get a good working UART printf example code as a substitute for printf() - there is one on the Launchpad board (despite its UART being sometimes finicky).
The device pages have large comparison tables across variants of the same family:
Smaller footprint: http://www.ti.com/product/MSP430G2231#parametrics
Larger footprint: http://www.ti.com/product/MSP430G2553#parametrics
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