[dorkbotpdx-blabber] newb

[Donald Delmar Davis]

Jared,

This is really nice!

There are a couple caviets to the msp430s at least one of which you  
meantion in you I am crazy entry, otherwise I would certainly use them.

1. Small memory.
2. No dips.

You can program a $1.50 avr tiny45 in c as it has enough room for a  
stack, and you can breadboard the whole family untill you get into  
the 128s. Also this group has  a mixed level of skills so you get  
people using the Arduino to do their first projects (I use mine a lot  
to rabid prototype before rewriting in c) so there are some other  
reasons why the avr comes up a lot.

I would REALLY like to talk more about the RF stuff down the page.

Hope you can make it today.

On Jan 30, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Jared Boone wrote:

> Are you coming to the meeting tomorrow night? We have lots to talk
> about. I'll be bringing my prototype 2.4GHz wireless board. Picture  
> here:
>
>     http://www.earfeast.com/
>
> It doesn't involve an AVR (I'm using TI MSP430s), but perhaps  
> you're not
> locked into using AVRs yet?
>
>     - Jared
>
> Anthony Asterisk wrote:
>> Hello Everyone!
>>
>> I just joined the dorkbot list, so I'm new to the list
>> and relatively
>> new to Portland.  (I moved here from *gasp*
>> California, please don't
>> hate me!)  I am a computer engineering working in VLSI
>> chip
>> design/verification for a networking company.  I
>> joined the list to find
>> knowledgeable, local folks to learn from.  I'm
>> currently studying AVR
>> microcontrollers, LED controllers and RF communication
>> chips for a small
>> blinky light project that I'm developing with a
>> friend.  Its not a
>> ground breaking, amazing project, but it seems like a
>> good springboard
>> into the deep-end.
>>
>> Does anyone on the list have experience with AVR
>> chips, programmers,
>> etc?  Anyone else interested in building small
>> battery-powered wearable
>> devices?
>>
>> Anthony*
>>
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