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EasyPIC-6 Development Board by MikroElectronica - Take"2"
buffalow bill:
Hi everybody, how are things progressing. Would you still recommend the EasyPIC-6 over an Arduino?
Bill
raynerd:
Hi Bill
I recently purchased 12 Arduino boards for use as a class electronics/programming "club" at school. They are cheap, infact on ebay I paid £35 each for board, LCD display, nearly 100 components (LEDS, resistors, IR sensor, IR remote...), 100 connection wires, USB lead and a little box to put it all in! Sketch, the compiler is a free download for the full version and there is so much on the net already developed for arduino that within 2 minutes I was off and running with sample code, 20 minutes up and running with simple codes I`d written and after an hour, I was doing some persistence of vision stuff that was way above my head but I just copied the code and circuit diagram off the net!
All that said, I`m currently working on a clock timing machine to time my new clock when it is setup. I couldn`t do it with the Arduino board as it didn`t give me the functionality needed and more than that, after using the EasyPIC6 on this project for the last few weeks it really is a dream to use and in my opinion well worth every penny.
My humble opinion - if you want to "play" at it, for £35 you just can`t beat the arduino but the EasyPIC6 really is a fantastic piece of pro kit and gives you the flexibility and speed to write and edit code very quickly, without the faff of breadboard circuits!
I know there are a few on here which are much better at coding than me and I`m sure they will give you there more experience opinion!
dickda1:
How did I miss this thread till now! :doh:
I own an EasyPIC5 and BigPIC5. Used both in an engineering course I used to teach about 5 years ago.
Mikroelectronica stuff is simply the best. Inputs and outputs from the PIC processor are nicely provided. I use their pascal compiler. Microdevices has nice boards, but not nearly as good as these. If you feel compelled to learn assembler, these Mikro boards are the place to do it.
Bought both directly Belgrade because it was much cheaper than I could get from the east coast here in the States. Don't know how they manage to sell stuff so cheaply. Always thought it was ironic to buy something from a city only about 10 years after it was being bombed by NATO.
-Dick
soli20:
could any one help me in my project
dickda1:
Soli20,
What family of processor are you intending to use?
While there are knowledgeable electronics guys on this site, you might be better off asking on a micro forum. Check out links on this page:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=219971&page=2
-Dick
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