cheap microcontroller

[geek1]

does anyone know where i can get a cheap development board for a PIC16F84 microcontroller?

[airman00]

why PIC and not AVR ?

[geek1]

right after I posted that, I re-thought the design and decided on the AVR ATmega8. know where I can get a development board for that?

Thanks for your help in advance

[airman00]

Sure I know of some

For $40 - Roboduino- This board uses either the ATmega8 , ATmega168, or ATmega328 . Has a socket so you can plug in microcontrollers
http://www.curiousinventor.com/kits/roboduino


For $130 -  Axon - a microcontroller board with some high power get the Axon. No socket , ATmega640 microcontroller is surface mount
http://www.societyofrobots.com/axon/


It is worthwhile noting that I designed and created the Roboduino and Admin ( the creator of this forum) designed and created the Axon.So basically if you have any questions you can just post on this forum and you can get support straight from the creators .

[geek1]

thanks, I thought the Roboduino only accepted the arduino lol

[airman00]

thanks, I thought the Roboduino only accepted the arduino lol

The Roboduino is AVR based so it can handle the Arduino language and straight C ( free compilers exist for the Arduino and regular C) . You could also buy a BASIC compiler for any AVR based board.