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12/31/10 10:45
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 		 #180361 - toolstick is cheaper
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
Erik said:
I would strongly recommend to get your feet wet with a devboard before you have "way more fun to have built everything from scratch"

Yes, I definitely recommend dev-kits. I just note that even $50 can be a very significant amount of money for some peope, and that what we see as basically "for free" is what other people dreams of having.

If $50 is too large for your budget then go for the SiLabs Toolstick:
http://www.silabs.com/products/...Stick.aspx

For $25 you get both the programming/debugging adapter and a daughter board. There are many different daughter boards and they can be interfaced to your own prototyped hardware. No need to worry about small footprints that you cannot solder (QFN?) or caps or crystals that are too far away either. You can even get one that runs upto 100MHz (100MIPS) including a 16x16 MAC for around $10.

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[ARM] derivative choice            01/01/70 00:00      
   an illusion            01/01/70 00:00      
      ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Possibility            01/01/70 00:00      
            pins and what they are            01/01/70 00:00      
               the reason to differentiate is...            01/01/70 00:00      
   None?            01/01/70 00:00      
   There's no PDIP pins            01/01/70 00:00      
   Product upgrade?            01/01/70 00:00      
      i'm not            01/01/70 00:00      
   Nuvoton NuMicro M051            01/01/70 00:00      
      Don't see it [Ed]            01/01/70 00:00      
         You cannot see it? c'mon! ;-)            01/01/70 00:00      
         pinout and compatibility            01/01/70 00:00      
   arn is not for hobbies            01/01/70 00:00      
      Oh yes it is!            01/01/70 00:00      
         I didn't type            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, you did!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Good hobby processor            01/01/70 00:00      
                  cheaper evaluation boards            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Debugging support really is vital            01/01/70 00:00      
                        debug            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Arduino            01/01/70 00:00      
                              silabs equivalent to arduino            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Broad span of resources available            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    absolutely, however            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Which means we must motivate people            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          toolstick is cheaper            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    re: broad span            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Imagination            01/01/70 00:00      
               I meant...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not relevant            01/01/70 00:00      
                     but            01/01/70 00:00      
                        google            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Solder all - then clean up            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Agree ... it's all in the flux and wick            01/01/70 00:00      
                           hard to solder            01/01/70 00:00      
                              see 2 ways            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Hard to ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    You just aren't listening, are you?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       hard or not            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       re: just not listening            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Don't solder pad for pad            01/01/70 00:00      
                        oy            01/01/70 00:00      

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