==== small is beautiful ====


how to choose a microcontroller >> http://www.instructables.com/id/EKRQRQHQDIEWH1IMC9/?ALLSTEPS



==== PIC series ====

  * the pic-archive has a good collection of docs, projects and links about http://come.to/thepicarchive
  * http://www.gnupic.org/
  * Graphical, PLC-like programming with the PIC16x84 > http://members1.chello.nl/~f.vdburgh/picbit/
  * http://picnic.sourceforge.net/
  * [[LISP]]-likes
    * Taiichi Yuasa > XS LISP on Lego MindStorms.
    * Marc Feeley and Danny Dubé -> PICBIT, Scheme on a PIC
      * http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~feeley/papers/ll3.pdf
      * http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~feeley/papers/sw03.pdf
  * tutorial on using [[puredata]] and pics for data aquistion and analysis > http://www.0x09.com/physcomp/

==== Arduino(ATmega8) development board/ide ====

  * http://www.arduino.cc/
  * open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board, and
  * a development environment for writing Arduino software.
  * Arduino programming language is an implementation of Wiring(http://wiring.org.co/), itself built on Processing.
  * The Arduino board is a cheap (roughly 30euros/board, fully assembled), robust i/o board based on the AMTEL ATmega8
  * http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=2004.
  * It has
    * 13 digital pins (3 of which allow PWM output)
    * 6 analog inputs
  * USB and serial versions boards / pcb schematics available.
  * Can be interfaced from osx, windows and linux
	


==== related ====
  * [[Sensor Technology]]
  * USB/sensor interface from CREATE > http://www.create.ucsb.edu/~dano/CUI/
  * the [[CerfBoard]] is more a microcomputer, than microcontroller.