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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: Private Reid on March 08, 2008, 05:17:11 PM

Title: MicoControllers
Post by: Private Reid on March 08, 2008, 05:17:11 PM

Hey, Im am intrested if anyone could provide a list of their top MICROCONTROLLER...I find it hard to pick one...and google has failed with the topic. Anyone intrested in helping me ? ?

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Trumpkin on March 08, 2008, 09:06:41 PM

Do you mean augmented microcontroller? Go to the main site and click on parts list->microcontrollers.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Private Reid on March 08, 2008, 10:54:24 PM

Ahhhaaa... this is very helpful, thank you...i now feel like a idiot for not seeing this before :D

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Private Reid on March 11, 2008, 01:09:15 AM

Anyone else ???  :'( :-\ :'( :-\

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: benji on March 11, 2008, 07:57:43 AM

its not a matter of picking the BEST micro, its a matter of picking the best one for your project
, for example if your project needs only uart then why spend money on somthin that supports i2c spi ..... . . .. . . . . .etc ?
tell us what do u plan to do and we can suggest u a micro

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: superchiku on March 11, 2008, 09:00:56 AM

wat to choose totally depends on wat u intended to do , i suppose ur a newcomer so i recommend u to choose the simplest one available and play with it then go for higher projects

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: ed1380 on March 11, 2008, 09:40:43 AM

true. it depends on what you need it for. some people could be considered fans of a certain brand.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Private Reid on March 13, 2008, 02:16:12 AM

Ok, Yes I am new... And I have found this Microcontroller, Plz tell me if it is not a good choice. I plan to plug the following items onto the board...

2x DC Motors
IR
Sonar
And eventurally a camera...

Oh and I wish to program it through C or Java Script

Now if you recon this virturaly impossable for me to accomplish, don't hesitate to send a reply :D

Now the Microcontroller is called    ATtiny26    And if this picture works, well here is a picture of it!

(http://attiny26b-250)

And if i didn't Google image it!  ;D

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Trumpkin on March 13, 2008, 04:17:36 PM

link to the microcontroller plz. I don't know if you can program robots in Java script.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: pomprocker on March 13, 2008, 04:18:52 PM

java script is for websites right? I think he means java.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: benji on March 13, 2008, 04:39:45 PM

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2x DC Motors

you need 2 pwm outs

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IRa , sonar

you need an adc

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And eventurally a camera...

a good amount of ram

also depends on the type of camera interface the camera supports (i2c ,parallel, ...etc)

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Private Reid on March 14, 2008, 03:13:53 AM

http://www.active-robots.com/products/controllr/active-boards.shtml (http://www.active-robots.com/products/controllr/active-boards.shtml)

There is the link to the page...

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on March 15, 2008, 12:31:34 AM

The only microcontrollers that can be programmed with Java that I know of are the OOPic series, a PIC based augumented microcontroller, and the IntelliBrain series, a AVR based augumented microcontroller.

My favourite is the IntelliBrain2 (http://www.ridgesoft.com/intellibrain2/intellibrain2.htm), mostly because it uses an AVR and it has excellent documentation, lots of features and computer controll possibilities.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: superchiku on March 15, 2008, 04:39:29 AM

well so many things with Attiny buy a better micro and one more thing plzz dont even think about cameras now follow the kiss principle it really helps

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Rebelgium on March 15, 2008, 09:56:58 AM

camera's are advanced, you should start with something simpler.
For choosing between microcontrollers there are two big competitors: PIC and AVR. Both are good choices.

Don't program your robots in Java, it's very processor intensive. C is the best choice.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: 555 timer chip guy on March 15, 2008, 03:02:03 PM

My to faves are first BasicATOM  www.robotshop.ca/home/products/robot-parts/microcontrollers/basic-atom-microcontroller-en/index.html   they have lots of ram 2k bytes!!!! and program space 32K bytes!!! and they are fast 100,000 BASIC instructions a second!!!!!!!! and they are progamed in BASIC my second favorite is PICAXE http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=51_124 they are also programed in BASIC but are slower and have less memory but they are much less expensive.

Title: Re: MicoControllers
Post by: Admin on March 16, 2008, 07:44:09 PM

http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_faq.shtml#best_microcontroller