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http://www.rentron.com/Myke3.htm

http://www.play-hookey.com/digital/jk_nand_flip-flop.html

http://www.digital-diy.net/16F%20Examples/LM35DZ.aspx

open source circuits wiki

sparkfun hobby shop

batchpcb.com pcb fabrication

AVR is alternative to PIC

a good tutorial on embedded systems

Google any of these for more info. I have chosen the ATmega168 as the learning IC of choice. Why?
  • 20 MIPs (million instructions per second!) is powerful enough to do some really cool projects
  • It's cheap! $2.13 currently
  • It's got all the goodies under the hood (UART, SPI, I2C, ADC, internal osc, PWM, kitchen sink, etc)
  • 16K of program memory is enough for almost any beginner project
  • The tools are free! (C compilers for many of the other micros cost a lot of money)
  • The programming and debugging tools are low cost ($20 will get you started)

evil mad scientist on AVR programming