Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:17:44 -0500 From: Bart Kus <bsd@shell-server.com> To: Devin Butterfield <dbutter@wireless.net>, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: precise timing Message-ID: <200109301616.26229@EO> In-Reply-To: <200109301933.f8UJXQl74336@db.wireless.net> References: <200109301730.NAA29134@thunderer.cnchost.com> <200109301311.5635@EO> <200109301933.f8UJXQl74336@db.wireless.net>
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On Sunday 30 September 2001 14:33, Devin Butterfield wrote: > Atmel AVR microcontrollers are < $10 from distributors like Digikey (and > Digikey usually has high prices). They're very slick and VERY FAST. You can > do 12 MIPS with one of their chips. > > Of course you'd need to spend some time learning their instruction > sets/learning how to code in C for them. There is a C compiler in the ports > named avr-gcc to do just that. > > As for programmers, you can program these chips with a simple homebrew > cable that plugs into your parallel port. > > Please see: > > http://www.bsdhome.com/avrprog > > Is that cheap enough? Oh, very nice! Definate contender for "version 2" of this controller. I'd still like to get version 1 working though. Thanks for the info! --Bart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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