nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:11 am Post subject: Electronic Dead Reckoning Distance Calculator |
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At 03:01 AM 1/12/2010, you wrote:
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Unless you need very fast program response look at www.picaxe.co.uk.
The chips are available worldwide.
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I can and do use PICs directly programmed in C /assembler using
various programmers but for quick prototyping and many applications
the picaxe can not be bettered . . .
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OH yeah, forgot about that offering. Yes, it's
one exceedingly versatile application of a
PIC product.
I would encourage any readers of this List
who have an interest in circuit development
for rudimentary tasks to stick their toe in
the software water.
Micro-controllers have become jelly-bean parts.
They're produced and sold for literally pennies.
Yet with creative programming, they accomplish
tasks that we could not do with a quart jar full
of resistors, capacitors and transistors 30 years
ago.
The majority of new product development for the
'Connection is uC based. One good example is the
AEC9024
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Catalog/AEC/9024/
where one set of hardware can perform 4 or more
functions . . . with a parts count that is a tiny
fraction of what it used to take for any one
function built of discrete components.
My grandson will get his feet wet with those
pesky resistors, capacitors and things . . . they're
not going away. They're just getting so small that
you assemble them under an illuminated magnifier.
We'll even build some vacuum tube stuff. While
the idea of considering programmable devices might
have been lesson 19 in the curriculum 10 years ago,
it's been moved up to lesson 10. They really do make
the designer's job SOOOooooo much easier.
Bob . . .
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