Thread: Selecting a microcontroller
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Re: Selecting a microcontroller
Either way, pic or ATmega (arduino), you will probably need a programmer or micocontroller with a bootloader on it. An Arduino is pretty much just a $4 ATmega168 with a bootloader on it paired up on a board with a powersupply and USB to serial chip. The nice thing about arduino is that the software runs great on a mac, and you can just buy that board or a cheap clone and it will work. No need for a programer, vmware, or mplab.
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