[McHUG] Welcome and Where We might be Going

[Rich Mitchell]

> I am using Redhat Linux 5 and processors are Intel Pentiums. I will have to 
> learn about the equipment you have listed below so this will be a great 
> opportunity for me. 

John,
Very good.  The ATmega168 Barebone boards are here.  These are designed to fit right into a bread board.  So those who got a breadboard last year will be set.  (I have a few left over.)  The only other thing needed will be a serial cable, as we also have the P4 serial adapter.  This platform can be programmed directly with C or with Arduino scripts, which is simplified code running in a C++ environment.  Arduino has tons of libraries, which means that most of the hard stuff has already been done.  Both of these are free environments based on GCC-AVR.  So for next to nothing you can be up and running.  You can see the Barebones board Rev C (we are getting Rev D) in action at http://home.att.net/~geobra/arduino.html  Lots of Arduino info can be found at http://www.freeduino.org/

The Barebones boards will be available for our workshop April 19th and if people want them sooner perhaps we can have breakfast April 5th.

Also welcome to Frank K3MTT.  We are now eleven.
Frank K3MTT
Jim WA3MEJ
John K3YJP
John AK3Z
Dick K3KWL
Bill W3STG
John K3KWO 
Chuck KJ4GU 
Steve N3SB 
Pete W3GVX
Rich N3III

73,
Rich, N3III
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