[time-nuts] I want a good micro-controller

[Luis Cupido]

 >There are any number of
 >choices, including the PIC line, which everyone but me seems to love.

Bill,
You're not alone ;-)

Luis Cupido.
ct1dmk.


wje wrote:
>    My favorite for many uses is the Freescale MC68HC908QT4, or others in
>    that series. Freescale provides a complete C development environment
>    for free. The QT4 is an 8-pin package, with up to 6 I/O pins. I've used
>    it for everything from a 555 timer replacement to the controller for an
>    RPM meter, to the controller for a GPS/Rb/xtal freqency standard. Of
>    course, for many purposes it doesn't particularly matter whose chip you
>    use, as long as the tools are adequate. There are any number of
>    choices, including the PIC line, which everyone but me seems to love.
> Bill Ezell
> ----------
> They said 'Windows or better'
> so I used Linux.
> 
>    John Miles wrote:
> 
> It's sort of a religious matter, but if you are looking for an easy-to-use
> part with great, free C/C++ support, you'd most likely be happy with the
> AtMEGA series.
> 
> -- john, KE5FX
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [1]time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [[2]mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> Behalf Of Jim Palfreyman
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:06 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] I want a good micro-controller
> 
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> Yes that's exactly my plan. No GPS and designed for field use. A halfway
> decent crystal with interpolation from 1 PPS timestamps should provide
> decent results. And anything else I can dream up.
> 
> Bottom line is I need to know which micro-controller to embrace.
> 
> Thanks Didier for your suggestion. Any others?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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