Reply by Don McKenzie ●April 8, 20042004-04-08
Don McKenzie wrote:

> 
> "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" wrote:
> >
> > > My personal favorite would probably be the Atmel AVR.  The STK500 is
> > > about US$80 from Digikey, and handles most variations of the family.
> >
> > One other plus about the STK500 - It works with legacy-free machines
> > via a USB-to-serial adapter.
> 
> Ah, that's interesting Lewin
> I was asked that question just yesterday: "will the STK500 work with a
> USB to serial converter?"
> what brand did get it to run with?


thank you very much gang,
got the info I needed :-)

Don...



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Reply by Lewin A.R.W. Edwards ●April 8, 20042004-04-08
> > One other plus about the STK500 - It works with legacy-free machines
> > via a USB-to-serial adapter.
> 
> I was asked that question just yesterday: "will the STK500 work with a
> USB to serial converter?"
> what brand did get it to run with?


I have a Keyspan adapter (I think the model# is USA-14W but it's at
home, I'd have to check) and a PalmConnect one, it works with both.
Reply by Alex Gibson ●April 8, 20042004-04-08
"Don McKenzie" <look@my.sig.com> wrote in message
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> "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" wrote:
> >
> > > My personal favorite would probably be the Atmel AVR.  The STK500 is
> > > about US$80 from Digikey, and handles most variations of the family.
> >
> > One other plus about the STK500 - It works with legacy-free machines
> > via a USB-to-serial adapter.
>
> Ah, that's interesting Lewin
> I was asked that question just yesterday: "will the STK500 work with a
> USB to serial converter?"
> what brand did get it to run with?
>
> Don...


The ones you sell work fine.
Reply by Tom P. ●April 8, 20042004-04-08
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:02:59 +1000, Don McKenzie <look@my.sig.com>
wrote:


>"Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" wrote:
>> 
>> > My personal favorite would probably be the Atmel AVR.  The STK500 is
>> > about US$80 from Digikey, and handles most variations of the family.
>> 
>> One other plus about the STK500 - It works with legacy-free machines
>> via a USB-to-serial adapter.
>
>Ah, that's interesting Lewin
>I was asked that question just yesterday: "will the STK500 work with a
>USB to serial converter?"
>what brand did get it to run with?
>
>Don...


Hello Don,

At work we use Aten USB to RS232 converters, they seem to handle
anything from Hyperterminal session to SCADA (Citect) software talking
to our telemetry rtu's or PLC's. I've never used it with STK500 - I
always make sure I got a "real" serial port on my computer but I'd say
they would work ok, I could test it as I have STK500 here.

Tom
Reply by Don McKenzie ●April 8, 20042004-04-08
"Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" wrote:

> 
> > My personal favorite would probably be the Atmel AVR.  The STK500 is
> > about US$80 from Digikey, and handles most variations of the family.
> 
> One other plus about the STK500 - It works with legacy-free machines
> via a USB-to-serial adapter.


Ah, that's interesting Lewin
I was asked that question just yesterday: "will the STK500 work with a
USB to serial converter?"
what brand did get it to run with?

Don...


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Reply by Brian ●April 7, 20042004-04-07
yqin_99@yahoo.com (yong) wrote in message news:<be3c7875.0404070432.634bd8d6@posting.google.com>...

> I want to learn microcontroller. I want to get low price (<$100)
> develop board w/ C compiler.


$99 Flashlite 186 development kit includes controller and Borland
C/C++ compiler version 4.52;
http://www.jkmicro.com/products/flashlite186.html
Reply by Jim Granville ●April 7, 20042004-04-07
yong wrote:

> I want to learn microcontroller. I want to get low price (<$100)
> develop board w/ C compiler.
> 
> Recommendation? 8051? MSP430? Z8? LPC21xx? ...


  If you want to learn, then 'all from one vendor' would appeal.
Look at the new Zilog Z8 Encore XP family, just being ramped.
  Of the significant players, only Zilog and Motorola have Compiler
tools 'in house' via companies they bought.
  Zilog are the most eager to grow market share, so have very good
packages.
  Also important are On Chip DEBUG features, and Zilog appear to
have this, right down to the sub $1 devices.

  Another choice is Cygnal: They have very good on chip debug, and high 
performance tiny packages, that are great for volume manufacturing.
  They also use the most widely sourced uC core on the planet.

  Avoid cores that are too crippled...
-jg
Reply by D. Zimmerman ●April 7, 20042004-04-07
D. Zimmerman wrote:


> yong wrote:
> 
>> I want to learn microcontroller. I want to get low price (<$100)
>> develop board w/ C compiler.
>>
>> Recommendation? 8051? MSP430? Z8? LPC21xx? ...
> 
> 
> Yong,
>      I would vote for the Zilog Encore kit, $40 US.  Comes with 
> compiler, debugger, enough documentation to keep you busy for some time, 
> and the processor as just about any peripherial you may need.  For more 
> info, see the Encore page from Digikey.
> http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?KeywordSearch
>      Hope this helps you out.
> 
> Dennis,


      I see there was an error with the link.  The Digikey 
part number is 269-3249-ND .

Dennis,

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Reply by D. Zimmerman ●April 7, 20042004-04-07
yong wrote:

> I want to learn microcontroller. I want to get low price (<$100)
> develop board w/ C compiler.
> 
> Recommendation? 8051? MSP430? Z8? LPC21xx? ...


Yong,
      I would vote for the Zilog Encore kit, $40 US.  Comes 
with compiler, debugger, enough documentation to keep you 
busy for some time, and the processor as just about any 
peripherial you may need.  For more info, see the Encore 
page from Digikey.
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?KeywordSearch
      Hope this helps you out.

Dennis,
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Reply by Andrew ●April 7, 20042004-04-07
yong wrote:

> I want to learn microcontroller. I want to get low price (<$100)
> develop board w/ C compiler.
>
> Recommendation? 8051? MSP430? Z8? LPC21xx? ...


The thing missing from the preceding suggestions is a means of debugging the
program.  I believe that all the kits suggested require programming the code
into a target processor and running with no means of testing.

I would use PIC16F877 processor with ICD1 in-circuit debugger clone ($35) or
ICD2 clone ($90) and a PIC-P40B prototype board ($13) (www.olimex.com).

For software development environment use MPLAB 5.40 (with ICD1 - note V5.70
does not work with ICD1 correctly) or V6.5 with ICD2.  This allows source
code debugging in assembler or C.

Free limited code size compilers available from http://www.htsoft.com/ (PIC
C lite) or www.bknd.com (CC5X).