[ale] OT - Hobby - Breadboard Kits

[Mike Panetta]

I do not know how far you wish to go (you did mention hooking things
up to serial ports)  But I could give you some AVR's that I have as spare
and maybe even a programmer if you promise you will actually use it.

I may even have a spare breadboard lying around somewhere, since I 
have mainly transitioned from breadboards to wirewrapping and point
to point wiring.

One of the pluses to using the AVR's is they have native support in GCC,
so if your already used to using GCC the AVR's would be perfect for you.
They are also wicked fast (over 4x faster then a PIC running at a much 
higher clock) and the Mega AVR line has plenty of flash and ram to keep you
busy.

Mike

PS: I am currently unemployed, so I would be happy to take some time
out of my "busy" schedual to help you set something up. ;)



-----Original Message-----
From: "Nathan J. Underwood" <ale1 at cybertechcafe.net>
Sent: Jun 17, 2004 9:50 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] OT - Hobby - Breadboard Kits

Ok, this is very OT, but I don't know of anywhere to go that I could get 
better advice.  I have to get a hobby (long story, we'll just leave it 
at that), and I've been searching for something that can keep my 
attention.  I've got some background in electronics (Army, and DeVry), 
and really enjoyed tinkering with little breadboard kits.  I've not done 
anything with them since, but would like to (this could be my new little 
hobby).  Anyone else into this, and able to suggest anywhere to purchase 
the little kits?  It would probably be a good plan to start out small 
(until I get over my fear of signs that say "Warning 10,000 Ohms"), and 
build from there.  I saw an episode a few months (may have been years, 
don't really remember) on The Screensavers where they were all building 
these little kits, and it's been a background process of mine ever 
since.  Eventually, I'd love to get to building little [useless] devices 
that I could operate via the serial port on my *nix box (ok, now it's 
maybe not TOO off topic B) )


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