Thursday, January 18, 2007

Microcontroller Research

I've done a great deal of research and have come to a conclusion. A good microcontroller to start with is a BASIC Stamp 2 (BS2) by Parallax. The BS2 uses a form of "BASIC" as it's programming language. There are hundreds of different brands on the market and you can get overwhelmed very quickly if your a newbie.

There are two other microcontrollers worth mentioning:
Javelin Stamp, which can be programmed using Java.
Oopic, which also uses an objected oriented language.

I even found a cool kit, which is used for learning how to program robots and various components. The kit is called the Boe-Bot. It comes with a programming board and all the components you need to get started.

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