Embedded Developers?

I am a developer, but I am standalone.
I did try and get myself embedded once, but I was too big to fit.

:D
 
I develop only on Atmel products. Atmega128 is the baby of choice at the moment. Haven't played around with ARM's much, but I have a project coming up, that'll require their use, so that's in the near future as well.
 
I've used some PIC's before, not really anything mayor, but if you can program c/c++ and Assembly on x86 any micro- controller/processor isn't much more difficult, at least that was my impression when using PIC's.

Would like to try out Atmel microcontrollers but haven't had the time/cash to start up...

To those who do use Atmel micro's, I assume you just get them from the standard outlets, IE. Communica? *sigh* Still need the programmer tho, things are so expensive.
 
Gnome said:
I've used some PIC's before, not really anything mayor, but if you can program c/c++ and Assembly on x86 any micro- controller/processor isn't much more difficult, at least that was my impression when using PIC's.

Would like to try out Atmel microcontrollers but haven't had the time/cash to start up...

To those who do use Atmel micro's, I assume you just get them from the standard outlets, IE. Communica? *sigh* Still need the programmer tho, things are so expensive.
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No idea where we source our bits, but you're looking at R30 for an atmega128, which really isn't bad, I think. The programmer I use is the STK500. Get your hands on something like the Atmega16 to start off with, as it's not so advanced as to confuse the hell out of you and it teaches you the basics of the atmel products.
 
Messugga said:
No idea where we source our bits, but you're looking at R30 for an atmega128, which really isn't bad, I think.
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Youch, that's not exactly cheap, PIC's are generally very cheap...

Messugga said:
The programmer I use is the STK500. Get your hands on something like the Atmega16 to start off with, as it's not so advanced as to confuse the hell out of you and it teaches you the basics of the atmel products.
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I was looking online and this programmer looked like a great deal:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3891

Combined with:
http://www.ecrostech.com/AtmelAvr/DragonRider/index.htm

Cost's 50USD for the AVR Dragon and 12USD for the Dragon Rider combined you have a programmer similar to the STK500 but that's America so getting it here might be bit of a mission :(

But to begin with I guess I'll try one of those homemade kits and buy a cheap Atmel microcontroller to play with.
 
Gnome said:
To those who do use Atmel micro's, I assume you just get them from the standard outlets, IE. Communica? *sigh* Still need the programmer tho, things are so expensive.
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I am a registered business and I can buy from the suppliers. Going to communica or anywhere else is akin to paying 5-10 x the price. PM me if you are looking for things. As for small quantities, we simply do sample req's :)

R30 for a micro is an utter and complete rip-off.
At the moment, Freescale is the cheapest. That and because Microchip gave us lip when we proved their silicon is faulty we ditched them and designed in Freescale's stuff.

In terms of processing agility, PIC fares rather badly. I am also tired of the product's latent defects which cost me 3-4 months on my own project as detailed in the Eskom section under News and Current Affairs.

But anyway, if you want cheap programming solutions and micros for cheap, why not PM me?
 
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The Axe Dude said:
I'm busy working with the PIC16F84A...got a long way to go though :P
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Quite a fun little chip that one. 1K memory if I'm not mistaken. I've made quite a few cool things with it, the latest being a robot buggy that had to guide itself out of a maze without any outside help/control.
 
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