Comments on: AVR servo control http://blog.deathpod3000.com/?p=76 Documenting the construction and programming of an autonomous r/c car Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:15:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Shiva http://blog.deathpod3000.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-75 Shiva Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:33:57 +0000 http://deathpod3000.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-75 Atmel Rocks Atmel Rocks

]]> By: Skater_j10 http://blog.deathpod3000.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-5 Skater_j10 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:36:33 +0000 http://deathpod3000.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-5 Sorry to barge in, but i think i may have a bit to add. I have used the pic16f84 and pic16f877 in the past and although there is documentation and support available for these chips there is a vast quantity of more info out there for the Atmel line of micros. I definitely agree with aliasmrjones, not only is there a great Atmel community out there and great transferability from one micro to the next, but the price for the development hardware & software (free) can't be beat. I had quite the trouble finding an affordable PIC development kit a number of years ago and this led me to adopting Atmel micros. I was originally looking at buying PICBASICPRO + a development board & programmer for approx $500 USD [ http://www.hvwtech.com/products_list.asp?CatID=90&SubCatID=127&SubSubCatID=153&sortBy=&NumPerPage=0&CurPage=3 ] but opted to buy an Atmega32 stater kit with BASCOM software for approx $135 USD instead [ http://www.wrighthobbies.net/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=31 ]. And in recent years that i found out about the Atmel butterfly (check out smileymicros.com) and Arduino (arduino.cc) which are even cheaper solutions. I hope this helps a little in narrowing down which micro to use :). Sorry to barge in, but i think i may have a bit to add. I have used the pic16f84 and pic16f877 in the past and although there is documentation and support available for these chips there is a vast quantity of more info out there for the Atmel line of micros. I definitely agree with aliasmrjones, not only is there a great Atmel community out there and great transferability from one micro to the next, but the price for the development hardware & software (free) can’t be beat. I had quite the trouble finding an affordable PIC development kit a number of years ago and this led me to adopting Atmel micros.

I was originally looking at buying PICBASICPRO + a development board & programmer for approx $500 USD [ http://www.hvwtech.com/products_list.asp?CatID=90&SubCatID=127&SubSubCatID=153&sortBy=&NumPerPage=0&CurPage=3 ] but opted to buy an Atmega32 stater kit with BASCOM software for approx $135 USD instead [ http://www.wrighthobbies.net/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=31 ]. And in recent years that i found out about the Atmel butterfly (check out smileymicros.com) and Arduino (arduino.cc) which are even cheaper solutions. I hope this helps a little in narrowing down which micro to use :) .

]]> By: aliasmrjones http://blog.deathpod3000.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-3 aliasmrjones Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:34:46 +0000 http://deathpod3000.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-3 I have not used pic or Atmel 8051. I have used the Atmel AVR line of microcontrollers quite a bit and I like them a lot. There are many microcontrollers in the AVR line ranging from very small program space up to 128K or more with various configurations of packages, ADC pins, serial, IIC, SPI, etc. The nice thing is from a developer viewpoint, you can treat them all the same so once you've learned one you've pretty much learned them all. It is easy to interface AVRs to pretty much anything you'd want. There is a free development environment and C compiler and lots of code examples on the web. Having not used the other microcontrollers, it's hard for me to compare other than based on what I've heard, but I can definitely say I've liked the Atmel AVR line. I have not used pic or Atmel 8051. I have used the Atmel AVR line of microcontrollers quite a bit and I like them a lot. There are many microcontrollers in the AVR line ranging from very small program space up to 128K or more with various configurations of packages, ADC pins, serial, IIC, SPI, etc. The nice thing is from a developer viewpoint, you can treat them all the same so once you’ve learned one you’ve pretty much learned them all. It is easy to interface AVRs to pretty much anything you’d want. There is a free development environment and C compiler and lots of code examples on the web. Having not used the other microcontrollers, it’s hard for me to compare other than based on what I’ve heard, but I can definitely say I’ve liked the Atmel AVR line.

]]> By: nitlogic http://blog.deathpod3000.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-4 nitlogic Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:12 +0000 http://deathpod3000.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-4 I started to make my graduate project which a robot based on microcontroller, the question is what is better to use pic16f84 microcontroller or Atmel 8051 ? please help me I started to make my graduate project which a robot based on microcontroller, the question is what is better to use pic16f84 microcontroller or Atmel 8051 ? please help me

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