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Awesome little device.
Got it setup and running in a short time, very intuitive and easy. Now to learn Linux and want to do some development in Python.
I'm excited...of course at my age it don't take much.
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So many dev boards, so little budget...congrats on your acquisition 
I'd like to try one of those Galileo boards with the Intel chip on it...got a Raspberry Pi I haven't done much with yet though.
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DaveX86 wrote: So many dev boards, so little budget...congrats on your acquisition
How true and thanks!
I looked at the R-Pi but went with the BBB, they both have their pros and cons but liked the BBB a little better.
I also ordered a Tiva C Lauchpad[^] for an online class I'm taking, it's not as powerful as the Pi or the BBB but it's 32-bits, has a lot of features and is only $13 which is cheaper than the bare bones 8-bit Atmel boards I've been getting for the last couple of years.
Looking forward to working with them both.
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I've got pretty much every Arduino board there is...also lots of ATTiny85's for little stuff.
Just graduating past the blinky LED and thermometer stage and moving on to...m o t o r s!
...work keeps interfering though...like right now 
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DaveX86 wrote: ...work keeps interfering though...like right now
I can understand that.
There is a lot to learn and for me it took quite a while to learn as much as I have but I love working with them.
Since you're getting into motors I'm going to add a shameless plug here;
Motor Primer and the L293D Quad Half-H Driver[^]
Good luck it's a fascinating field!
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Thanks!...I look forward to studying your article when my brain is a little less fried
I just bought a bunch of L293D chips, also a couple of those AdaFruit Arduino shields based on it...haven't had much luck with it yet but it was mostly power supply issues, I think...got a nice desktop power supply for Christmas
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DaveX86 wrote: AdaFruit Arduino shields
Those motor shields are pretty nice I bought one a couple of years ago and have used it a lot.
Want to make a board using same scheme using 2 L298N chips for more power. I've got some big steppers I took out of a huge printer and I made a board with a single L298N on it but it will only drive one motor. In addition I may put a ATTiny on there and use SPI for communications to cut down on the number of pins used to drive it.
Love to tinker.
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Yeah, SPI and I2C communications are also on my 'ToDo' list
...so much to tinker with, it's hard to know which way to turn...
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I've dabbled a bit with I2C and want to do a lot more with it but SPI I got down to a science. Once you get the hang of it SPI is very easy and is used in a lot of places.
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I notice on your site you talk quite a bit about Atmel Studio...I downloaded it and installed it but never really got around to using it...seemed kinda complicated.
I usually write sketches for Arduino with the Visual Micro add on for Visual Studio...do you think Atmel Studio is better?
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Think of Atmel Studio as VC6 with a VS2010 IDE.
It is built using an Visual Studio Isolated Shell so you should be used to the interface if you do any programming in Visual Studio.
I never could get used to the Arduino IDE, I never took the time to learn it. IMHO the Arduino IDE is for more like Engineers and Hobbyists with little programming experience. You just plug the modules in that you need and go, it's pretty simple but if I were going to do a real project I wouldn't use it.
Atmel Studio allows you to create reusable libraries, organize projects and hook into source control which is a biggy in my book. If you're going to get serious with embedded systems I would recommend taking the time to learn it, but if you just want to experiment it would probably be better to use the Arduino IDE.
The plus side to Arduino IDE is that a lot of people have wrote module for it for just about everything and it is documented very well.
That's one of the problems I have every time I get a new device I want to hook up to it I have to either convert Arduino code or start from scratch. I usually just start from scratch.
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Enjoy [^]
I dislike the Arduino IDE myself, but there are ways to program the Arduino using Visual Studo or Atmel Studio, like the plugin above.
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It's a very popular addin/extension but I use the bare IDE and write mostly C++ code, occasionally C and rarely Asm code.
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At least the plugin makes Arduino bearable, the default IDE is pretty annoying.
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Ron Beyer wrote: the default IDE is pretty annoying.
Yes it is!
The Atmel Studio IDE is annoying at times, it has come a long way since they released it a year or so ago but like VS it has it's little "Quirks".
I'm starting to branch out and investigate other platforms like the Beaglebone Black, etc. but don't know where it will go just a curiosity or something I will pursue?
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It's mostly just tinkering for me for now...I have lots of learning curves to deal with for work so I just want something that's easy to deal with...with the Visual Micro plugin, at least I can work in my Visual Studio...the Arduino IDE is pretty crude...need it though if you're going to burn a bootloader or program a 'tiny.
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Just stick with what you're using then, it's simple and you already know it. When you are ready you can always switch!
I took the time to learn Atmel Studio because I've been using VS since it's Beta many years ago so was familiar with it. Also the last job I had we used VC++6.0 so was familiar with that aspect.
It just made sense for me.
Whatever the choice the object is to enjoy it and create amazing things.
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Did you look at Eclipse? I have been using it with the avr plugin to do Arduino development in c++. It works fine for me particularly as I had already installed it for Android development.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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When I first got into embedded I did a lot of research and Eclipse was one of the IDE's I looked at but it's lack of debugging and complexity scared me off. I started using AVR Studio which was a precursor to the Atmel Studio and just stayed with them.
I'm really pissed with them right now though because I had an AVRDragon, nice tool when it works and when I updated the IDE they always ask for the tools to be updated and the Dragon failed to update and it bricked it. It was $50 so I'm not happy about my $50 paper weight.
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Congratulations. I looked at the BBB but am waiting for the Arduino Tre. I hope it materialises.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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The Tre looks interesting, a BBB plus an Leonardo...sweet!
Hope it materializes for you!
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Mike Hankey wrote: I'm excited...of course at my age it don't take much takes something really perverted.
FTFY 
modified 26-Jan-14 7:52am.
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 Who me?
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If you are anything like me! 
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