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Well, that was pretty much my point. I was talking about a beginners basis.
Not a fucking Electrical Engineer.

> 
> Everything in the TI-Calc hasn't been documented.  The only way you'd get
> true experience is if you re-wrote the TI-OS.
> 
> All your learning is how to program hardware thats already been made.
> Kinda like those little basic chips.  And since its a calculator, its not
> like its going to do anything that requires heavy fast processing.  The
AVR
> at 16MHz is close to 8x the speed of the TI calc.
> 
> Grant
> 
> >basic understanding of how to deal with IO situations like the stack,
lcd
> >display, keys, and the i/o port. Once you understand the basics of that,
> >then maybe you can move on.
> >
> >>
> >> >I am not sure about the AVR, but the PIC has a TON of info, inlcuding
> >> >premade projects (kewl ones I might add) and plans to build the PIC
> >> >burner... I'd probably start out with Z80 (via a TI calc.), then go
up
> >to
> >> >PIC/AVR... although I don't know much about the AVR, so shoot me (no
> >flames,
> >> >it is the law of the list! :)...
> >>
> >> The AVR costs less an is faster than the PIC.  PIC, CISC.  33MHz -
> >> 8.01MIPS.  AVR, RISC.  8MHz - 8MIPS.
> >>
> >> Grant
> >>
> >> Its a ton easier to just trash the calc.  You can't learn about
embedded
> >> programming on an embedded device made for doing math...
> >
> >-dan
> >
> >You standing in line?
> >You believing the lies?
> >You bowing down to this flag?
> >You've Got a Bullet in Your Head.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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-dan

You standing in line?
You believing the lies?
You bowing down to this flag?
You've Got a Bullet in Your Head.




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