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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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Initiating 'ME WANT!' sequence.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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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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Veni, vidi, vici.
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My original MS account was setup using an ISP provided email. My Windows Phone was setup a few months before I dropped said provider and switched everything over to an outlook.com address, setting it first as an alias, then as the primary. Last week, my email started acting up, (using the old email address for replies) so I deleted the offending alias. (the original MS email address that I dropped) One problem solved, and another lurking. Yesterday, I decide to let my WP apps update, but it says it is having trouble logging into the MS account...wrong email address. Bad news, you can't change the email address without resetting the phone to factory settings first.  I know what I will be doing tomorrow.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
modified 25-Jan-14 17:21pm.
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Did you guys went for hospital theme?
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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You would think so! The place isn't new, its 30 year old. They maybe just found a set of hospital plans lying around and thought "they'll do" when they were building it!
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It looks like them old time horror movies. Pretty neat though. You guys have pool tables and that is enough for me to love the place. Just add a bar fridge and I will send out my resume to you.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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DaveAuld wrote: They maybe just found a set of hospital plans lying around
You'd be surprised, the now torn down R&D facility I used to work at (built by a well known multi-national oil company) was exactly that, a set of hospital plans.
Operating theatres = Chemistry labs
Private rooms, examination rooms = Offices
Storage = storage
Wide corridors, lifts etc. etc.
The old ones are utilitarian, simple and probably cheap to build. Job done, not eactly inspiring but it was 1970 (ish).
Not sure the new, modern, stylish hospitals would work quite so well...
M
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Awesome photos, looks like some of the ships I've been on.
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