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| + | ~~HIDEPAGE~~ | ||
| ===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
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| * They are relatively cheap. | * They are relatively cheap. | ||
| * There is an extensive online community built around them. | * There is an extensive online community built around them. | ||
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| + | There are many great brands and families of microcontrollers, including the "PIC" line from Microchip, the MSP430 family of microcontrollers from Texas Instruments, and many others. This | ||
| + | guide focuses on the AVR line microcontrollers from Atmel, a Norwegian semiconductor designer. | ||
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| ===== AVR families ===== | ===== AVR families ===== | ||
| - | All AVR chips can be devided into 4 main groups. Only 2 are available in DIP formats. | + | All AVR chips can be divided into 4 main groups. Only 2 are available in DIP formats. |
| - | === ATtiny === | + | ==== ATtiny ==== |
| Tiny's are the low-cost branch of the AVR family. | Tiny's are the low-cost branch of the AVR family. | ||
| - | === ATmega === | + | ==== ATmega ==== |
| - | Mega's are the most popular AVR family with hobbiests. The Arduino is powered with an AtMega. | + | Mega's are the most popular AVR family with hobbyists. Most Arduino model are powered with an ATmega. |
| - | === xMEGA === | + | ==== xMEGA ==== |
| - | Newer " | + | The xMEGA is somewhat newer family that has not yet made a huge impact in the hobbyist embedded electronics world. |
| - | === AVR32 === | + | ==== AVR32 ==== |
| + | The AVR32 family of chips have little to do with the 8 bit families, other than branding. | ||
| ===== DIP Models ===== | ===== DIP Models ===== | ||
| - | ~~DISCUSSION~~ | + | If you want to prototype on a solderless breadboard, the easiest type of microcontroller to use is the "DIP", or "Dual-Inline-Package" form of the chip when available. Atmel |
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| + | ~~DISCUSSION~~ | ||
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