So is there to be a rematch at AWS 21?
Would Peter manage to keep his crown? or will Jame's improve his edge?
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colin
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The PICaxe is very cheap to start with... about 3 or 4 quid depending on which of the "18" range you go for, the 18X I'd recommend. (shame it's another 3 quid postage!)Andrew_Hibberd wrote:Will explore into micro processors when i have some money.
All that's required for programming is a serial cable you can patch into the circuit or breadboard, a couple of resistors and their free software.
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The Picaxe chip can be programmed using a graphical flowcharting method, or a BASIC-style proprietary language. All the tools are free.
The Microchip PIC can be programmed in assembler or C. Free tools are available, various cheap programmers are available to buy or build. The Picaxe is a PIC chip with a bootloader program built in to make the downloading of programs (slightly) easier.
The Atmel Atmega series are just as cheap as the PICs. They can be programmed in C or assembler. They are better suited to C than the PICs. Free tools are available and a trivial programmer can be built for next to nothing.
There are plenty of suitable microcontrollers around, many at very low prices. It may make sense to base a choice around tools and programmers.
The Microchip PIC can be programmed in assembler or C. Free tools are available, various cheap programmers are available to buy or build. The Picaxe is a PIC chip with a bootloader program built in to make the downloading of programs (slightly) easier.
The Atmel Atmega series are just as cheap as the PICs. They can be programmed in C or assembler. They are better suited to C than the PICs. Free tools are available and a trivial programmer can be built for next to nothing.
There are plenty of suitable microcontrollers around, many at very low prices. It may make sense to base a choice around tools and programmers.
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