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digital electronic devices table: | |||
* language | |||
* popularity | |||
* cost | |||
* Compilers and assemblers | |||
* other available languages | |||
* number of boards | |||
* number of books | |||
* amount of support (code and forums) | |||
families: | |||
* ARM. Sitara ARM Processor, Beagle. ARM express family from Coridium. | * ARM. Sitara ARM Processor, Beagle. ARM express family from Coridium. | ||
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* Arduino (Based on Atmel AVR) | * Arduino (Based on Atmel AVR) | ||
* PIC | * PIC | ||
* PIC with Configurable Logic Cell (CLC) hybrid | |||
* For Single Board Computer (SBC): BeagleBoard, Gumstix,Raspberry Pi | |||
* AVR (AT series). Arduino. | * AVR (AT series). Arduino. | ||
* Propeller | * Propeller | ||
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* stay away from Make Controller Kit (nothing about it is standard) | * stay away from Make Controller Kit (nothing about it is standard) | ||
* PICAXE | * PICAXE | ||
* Microchip PIC | * Microchip PIC | ||
* Basic Stamp 2 | * Basic Stamp 2 | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_microcontrollers] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_microcontrollers] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_microcontroller] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_microcontroller] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_express] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_express] | ||
* [[Arduino]] | * [[Arduino]] | ||
* [[Basic ATOM]] | * [[Basic ATOM]] | ||
* [[BASIC Stamp]] | * [[BASIC Stamp]] | ||
* [[ARM express]] | * [[ARM express]] | ||
* [[BASIC Stamp]] | * [[BASIC Stamp]] | ||
* [[PICAXE]] | * [[PICAXE]] | ||
* [PIC] | * [PIC] | ||
* [[C Stamp]] | * [[C Stamp]] | ||
* [Atmel AVR] | * [Atmel AVR] | ||
* [[ARM architecture|ARM]] processors (from many vendors) using [[ARM7]] or Cortex-M3 cores are generally microcontrollers | * [[ARM architecture|ARM]] processors (from many vendors) using [[ARM7]] or Cortex-M3 cores are generally microcontrollers | ||
* [[Atmel]] [[Atmel AVR|AVR]] (8-bit), [[AVR32]] (32-bit), and [[AT91SAM]] (32-bit) | * [[Atmel]] [[Atmel AVR|AVR]] (8-bit), [[AVR32]] (32-bit), and [[AT91SAM]] (32-bit) | ||
* Microchip [[PIC microcontroller|PIC]] (8-bit PIC16, PIC18, 16-bit dsPIC33 / PIC24) | * Microchip [[PIC microcontroller|PIC]] (8-bit PIC16, PIC18, 16-bit dsPIC33 / PIC24) | ||
* ARM | * ARM | ||
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*[[Atmel AVR|AT90, ATtiny, ATmega, ATxmega series (AVR architecture)]] (Atmel Norway design) | *[[Atmel AVR|AT90, ATtiny, ATmega, ATxmega series (AVR architecture)]] (Atmel Norway design) | ||
*[[AVR32|AVR32 (32-bit AVR architecture)]] (Atmel Norway design) | *[[AVR32|AVR32 (32-bit AVR architecture)]] (Atmel Norway design) | ||
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*[[Mico8]] 8-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | *[[Mico8]] 8-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | ||
*[[Mico32]] 32-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | *[[Mico32]] 32-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | ||
==[[Microchip Technology]]== | ==[[Microchip Technology]]== | ||
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== | == Altera == | ||
soft microprocessor | |||
==[[Xilinx]]== | ==[[Xilinx]]== | ||
* [[Microblaze]] 32-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | * [[Microblaze]] 32-bit [[soft microprocessor]] | ||
* [[Picoblaze]] 8-bit soft microprocessor | * [[Picoblaze]] 8-bit soft microprocessor | ||
Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 July 2012
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digital electronic devices table:
- language
- popularity
- cost
- Compilers and assemblers
- other available languages
- number of boards
- number of books
- amount of support (code and forums)
families:
- ARM. Sitara ARM Processor, Beagle. ARM express family from Coridium.
- Basic Stamp
- Arduino (Based on Atmel AVR)
- PIC
- PIC with Configurable Logic Cell (CLC) hybrid
- For Single Board Computer (SBC): BeagleBoard, Gumstix,Raspberry Pi
- AVR (AT series). Arduino.
- Propeller
- LatticeMico8 (soft embedded)
- stay away from Make Controller Kit (nothing about it is standard)
- PICAXE
- Microchip PIC
- Basic Stamp 2
- Propeller
- Arduino
- Make controller
- [1]
- [2]
- [3]
- [4]
- Arduino
- Basic ATOM
- BASIC Stamp
- ARM express
- BASIC Stamp
- PICAXE
- [PIC]
- C Stamp
- [Atmel AVR]
- ARM processors (from many vendors) using ARM7 or Cortex-M3 cores are generally microcontrollers
- Atmel AVR (8-bit), AVR32 (32-bit), and AT91SAM (32-bit)
- Microchip PIC (8-bit PIC16, PIC18, 16-bit dsPIC33 / PIC24)
- ARM
Atmel
- AT90, ATtiny, ATmega, ATxmega series (AVR architecture) (Atmel Norway design)
- AVR32 (32-bit AVR architecture) (Atmel Norway design)
Lattice Semiconductor
- Mico8 8-bit soft microprocessor
- Mico32 32-bit soft microprocessor
Microchip Technology
Microchip produces microcontrollers with 3 very different architectures:
8-bit (8-bit data bus) PICmicro, with a single accumulator (8 bits):
- PIC10 and PIC12: 12-bit instruction words
- PIC16 series: 14-bit instruction words, one address pointer ("indirect register pair")
- PIC18 series: 16-bit instruction words, three address pointers ("indirect register pairs")
16-bit (16-bit data bus) microcontrollers, with 16 general-purpose registers (each 16-bit)
- PIC24: 24-bit instruction words
- dsPIC: based on PIC24, plus DSP functions, such as a single-cycle MAC (multiply–accumulate) into two 40-bit accumulators.
32-bit (32-bit data bus) microcontrollers:
- PIC32MX series: 32-bit instructions, uses the MIPS architecture
Altera
soft microprocessor
Xilinx
- Microblaze 32-bit soft microprocessor
- Picoblaze 8-bit soft microprocessor