Richard wrote:

On 4/24/2012 6:13 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
Tom Gardnermars@tacks fired this volley in
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I'm at the age where I feel the need to challenge my brain to keep it
functioning. What control scheme would you learn if you were in my
shoes?

Both, Tom. It's the only way I stay at "medium alert" as opposed to just
plain "old and dumb"! I'm learning on an Arduino chip now, as an
alternative to PLCs.

Lloyd

I think I'm going to dig into the Arudino as well.
The Propeller is a hell of a lot more powerful processor,
but you don't always need that.


The Aurdino family has a lot of boards to chose from, and there is at
least one website that shows you how to convert one of the super cheap
Aurdino proggrams into a controller by cutting a few traces, and adding
a few jumpers. Those boards are under $10, and sometimes under $5.

'USBASP' or 'USBISP'. I have the articles saved on a backup drive, but
I can find the links or email them to you.

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