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where would be the best place to look for the basic ins and outs of the technology we are interested in

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Hi, my name is Mike Macropoulos and i am very interested in taking my first steps farther into IT development, and dev kits. I was curious where, and what is specifically needed in order to program, and get involved with products under discussion, and development. i am A+ IT certified and would like to know future steps in order to get involved. If anyone had any information on what exactly to get a grasp on like programming languages, and some need to know insight web pages that would make my search easier i would very much appreciate it. I am looking to get up to key with my IT knowledge in order to tinker with these toys as well. thank you.

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  • Hi Mike,

     

    In terms of hardware, not much is needed to get some familiarity with programming for dev boards. Often just a PC and a USB cable and the dev board is needed (some boards have more requirements).

    Ultimately the source for detailed information will be the manufacturer of the board.

    Choosing a board depends on what you want it to do, they all meet different needs.

     

    For learning, you might want to follow two tracks - once for programming and learning about the boards, and one for learning about electronics. I'd suggest trying the Arduino Starter Kit ( click for a review here) mainly because it comes with a good textbook that will take people from zero experience to the point of creating some useful projects. It's a very good all-in-one, single resource. For the "learning electronics" track, a book called Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims ||| is old, but quite good.

     

    When it comes to boards and the microcontrollers on them, there is a huge variety, for different needs as mentioned. The Arduino is like the pizza of the embedded world - easy to enjoy, straightforward and popular. Once you're familiar with that, you'll feel comfortable trying others since most of the principles are the same.

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  • Hi Mike,

     

    In terms of hardware, not much is needed to get some familiarity with programming for dev boards. Often just a PC and a USB cable and the dev board is needed (some boards have more requirements).

    Ultimately the source for detailed information will be the manufacturer of the board.

    Choosing a board depends on what you want it to do, they all meet different needs.

     

    For learning, you might want to follow two tracks - once for programming and learning about the boards, and one for learning about electronics. I'd suggest trying the Arduino Starter Kit ( click for a review here) mainly because it comes with a good textbook that will take people from zero experience to the point of creating some useful projects. It's a very good all-in-one, single resource. For the "learning electronics" track, a book called Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims ||| is old, but quite good.

     

    When it comes to boards and the microcontrollers on them, there is a huge variety, for different needs as mentioned. The Arduino is like the pizza of the embedded world - easy to enjoy, straightforward and popular. Once you're familiar with that, you'll feel comfortable trying others since most of the principles are the same.

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