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u/papaburkart · 1 pointr/microcontrollers

Buy a PICKit3 for around $20, that will allow you to program most of your PIC projects in the future. MPLab is free and a great IDE. You'll use C or even assembly (but most likely you'll stick to C) to code for your microcontroller of choice. Without the board, a microcontroller will need a regulated 3.3 or 5V source, and possibly an oscillator or crystal for a clock source, however more and more PICs have stable internal clocks which you'll likely end up using. Choosing a PIC for your application can be daunting with so many choices available, but once you get a lose grasp of their peripherals and features, it becomes much easier. I'd recommend picking up a good book that walks you through some projects. This one is a little old but still great and applicable. There are also many websites filled with pic projects.

It does sound like you lack a basic understanding of electronics. Before you jump into microcontrollers (or while you learn) you may want to also pick up a book on electronics. Practical Electronics for Inventors is a great follow along with projects and easy to follow material.

u/iwontdothatagain · 7 pointsr/microcontrollers

The best book on all things floating-point I think is Muller et al., Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic (2010). It's a whopping 580 pages of real talk. Everything you need to know about (short of implementing it yourself) is examined: Floating-point formats, history, correct rounding, IEEE standard compatibility (both binary and decimal floats), radix conversion, and the basic functions addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fused-multiply-add, and square roots. A whole chapter (130 pages) discusses the implementation of each of these functions. Transcendental functions are mentioned, but better looked up elsewhere.

Some real-world implementations with source code:

u/Maethor_derien · 1 pointr/microcontrollers

Yeah, then a leo stick would be your best choice, it should work for that. Actually a Digispark DIY might work for that as well, not sure. For sure if the digispark will work it will look cleaner.


EDIT: I think I found the perfect thing https://www.amazon.com/Aideepen-Keyboard-Atmega32U4-AU-Development-Expansion/dp/B078KDW7W1/ref=pd_sbs_147_1/134-6232364-0900863?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B078KDW7W1&pd_rd_r=4c7aee47-04fc-49b6-875e-038c3bf111f9&pd_rd_w=Blqm3&pd_rd_wg=ulbRZ&pf_rd_p=43281256-7633-49c8-b909-7ffd7d8cb21e&pf_rd_r=CT0QEFSP0RHTDGNTN5CX&psc=1&refRID=CT0QEFSP0RHTDGNTN5CX IT is called the beetle and should fit your needs.

EDIT again, you can also just buy the 5pin to usb as well https://www.tinkerboy.xyz/product/tinkerboy-ibm-terminal-keyboard240-degree-5-pin-din-to-usb-converter-with-soarers-converter-firmware/ PRetty much is exactly what you are looking to do, looks like they even use the same Atmega

u/adobeamd · 1 pointr/microcontrollers

the 328p is a great chip to start out with... a lot of tutorials and guides out there. Also they have very good data sheets on everything. I suggest this book if you want a good place to start

https://www.amazon.com/AVR-Programming-Learning-Software-Technology/dp/1449355781/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MBZS93GX1Q1U&keywords=avr+programming&qid=1566962768&s=gateway&sprefix=avr+pro%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-2

u/evude8 · 2 pointsr/microcontrollers

I think that's what I'll do. I think I'm going to pick up this kit, on sale for $26.50, so I have a common platform and a few bits and bobs to experiment with. Hopefully, I'll graduate to something a little more complex soon enough. Do you happen to have a favorite resource for learning the ATMega328p, or would I be better off just be reading the datasheet and figuring it out for myself.

u/MatthaeusHarris · 2 pointsr/microcontrollers

I found this to be an excellent intro to the AVR series microcontrollers, and many of the concepts should port over to other families as well: https://smile.amazon.com/AVR-Programming-Learning-Software-Technology/dp/1449355781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541196283&sr=8-1&keywords=make+avr+programming

u/AllAboutEE · 3 pointsr/microcontrollers

Java does count.

As for a book:

I like this one but it uses a PIC16 and the Compiler might not be available anymore, but it might give you a good understanding of PICs in general regardless

http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Embedded-Programming-Microcontroller/dp/1438231598/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1425530439&sr=8-11&keywords=pic+programming

I also wrote some PIC18 programming tutorials in my blog
http://allaboutee.com/category/microcontrollers/pic/pic18-explorer-board/

and some ARM tutorials in youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfT_cdP5PYBWYvK_bCdGyBqQEiRzUPeq

u/garblesnarky · 3 pointsr/microcontrollers

To do what you're asking, you want a "QFP breakout board", like these: https://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Board-QFP-Chips-0-5mm/dp/B002USY09W. You'll need to solder it yourself.

But do you really need that specific microcontroller? If you're just looking to get into microcontroller programming, it will be a lot less painful to start with something a little more friendly than this. This looks like it has a similar micro, for example: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/STMicroelectronics/NUCLEO-F401RE/

u/FlyByPC · 0 pointsr/microcontrollers

From the part number, it seems as if this is an 8051-family part. Those have a long history, but I'm not sure if anyone is using them for new designs. All the cool kids seem to be using ARM (and other modern MCUs and SoCs.)

Amazon seems to still have a few 8051 dev boards such as this one. Check with your instructor to see if that would work.

And maybe suggest that they update the curriculum, too. I switched to NodeMCU this year because I thought the Arduino Uno-based content was getting stale. The 8051 family dates back to 1980.

u/GrumpyDude1 · 2 pointsr/microcontrollers

"Not Recommended for New Designs (NRND)

TI does not recommend using this part in a new design. This product continues to be in production to support existing customers. TI suggests designers consider TM4C12x as an alternative family or series of devices for use in new designs. "

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https://www.ti.com/product/LM3S6965

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ESP32 prices seem to have dropped over the last couple of years. Assembled dev boards can now be had for less than U.S. $10 (https://www.amazon.com/AZDelivery-Nodemcu-CP2102-Module-Development/dp/B07F877YZQ/ref=sr_1_31?keywords=esp32&qid=1558543139&s=gateway&sr=8-31, https://www.amazon.com/Xiuxin-Development-Dual-Mode-Bluetooth-Antenna/dp/B07DBNHJW2/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=esp32&qid=1558543091&s=gateway&sr=8-8).

u/softwaredev · 3 pointsr/microcontrollers

I didn't say there were any, I said "What about a board?".

The unavailability of DIP packaging should not be an impediment for one to learn to program any platform. Also most (if not all) boards have headers so you could use something like this http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-YoYo-dupont-cable-female/dp/B00A6SOGC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415057821&sr=8-1&keywords=female+to+male+jumper+cable for breadboarding.

u/TheRealBigLou · 1 pointr/microcontrollers

I found this 10 pack of light sensors on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gowoops-Digital-Intensity-Detection-Photosensitive/dp/B01N1FKS4L/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=arduino+light+sensor&qid=1565710705&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Let's say I got these and attached them to each LED on the speaker splitter. Would I be able to attach 8 of them (mute LED and 7 zone LEDs) to the same microcontroller?