[AT] was generator=ee / tubes

[Ken Knierim]

Kids ARE programming these microcontrollers.. for fun. Check out:

http://mindstorms.lego.com/

As far as the industrial stuff, it's a little more complex but for
beginners, the Rabbit series seems to be pretty well recommended.

http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/

I use a lot of Microchip parts but that's because I have a number of
contacts that design the chips over there. Contact me off-list and I
can get you a lot more information if you're interested. I know I have
a development board around here someplace that I started with.
     I design the system, write (or have a programmer write) the code
and test it before I build a board, in many cases. Boards only take a
few days to get built and the cost is constantly dropping for them. So
I see "homemade" repairs in the future, even for things like tractor
electronics (tractor reference). The learning curve is a lot less
steep and getting easier all the time.

Ken in AZ

On 6/21/06, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> Al:
> I would also love to learn to program those microcontrollers.  I keep heaing
> that a 6 year old can program them, but I can never get just the information
> I need to buy a kit for programming them.  I am making some gate openers
> that would work great for micro control, instead of so many wires and
> switches....
>
> Here we go again with the complication.....
>
> Cecil in Okla
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Walker" <alwalker at gvtel.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] was generator=ee / tubes
>
>
> >
> > Since I currently work in electonics distribution, I have found this
> > thread most interesting. I have been taking classes to learn how to
> > program those microcontrollers so that somewhere down the road, when very
> > few others know how to fix their "old" electronic tractors and haulers,
> > maybe I will be able to do so. Or maybe rig up some fancy shcmancy LED
> > light strings to hang on one of my tractors for Christmas. Carry on, EE's.
> > I can certainly learn from your knowledge.
> >
> > Al in NW MN
> >
> > H. L. Staples wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Walt get yourself a new computer, one that has a delete key.
> >>
> >>
> >>I find this thread much more interesting than your story about your big
> >>bull
> >>knowing how to breed a cow.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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