[dorkbotpdx-blabber] AVR Philosophy

[dave madden]

Apologies for screwing up the threading on this ... my email hosting got
hosed and is not back at 100% yet -- I can send email, but have to read
replies on the website.

The Teeny++ sounds like a good way to get started; I'll buy one at the
next Dorkbot meeting.  But... what's the best way to get up to speed on
Atmel philosophy in general?

I found the ATmega406 on their site yesterday, and it looks like a good
fit for a project I have in mind.  I can program it via JTAG, so I'm
good there...but how does Atmel do peripherals?  Like, a serial UART?  I
don't see a description of that in the data sheet.  Do you have to
bit-bang everything?  Seems kinda old-school...

Thx,
d.