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Where and what to start with.

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Hi everyone. I am new to all this and my plan is to study this next year.

I have been looking at some video-tutorials how to write and run code for the Stellaris LM4F120 LaunchPad.

 

So my question is if this is the right LaunchPad to start with or should i start with an Arduino.

What is the big difference between these?

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  • So my question is if this is the right LaunchPad to start with or should i start with an Arduino.

    What is the big difference between these?

    First of all, the Arduino Uno is not ARM. Whether that matters to you is up to you to decide the Arduino Due IS an ARM board.

    If you want to learn programming microcontrollers, and want to go further than making some 'interaction design'  (i.e. designs that only have a few in- and outputs and do not require ms-precise timing, no concurrent actions) I would not take the Arduino, since you can't easily look at the low level stuff.

    The STM32F4Discovery is a very nice board, but why start at the most complicated board? I've had much fun with the STM32F0Discovery, and also with the FRDM KL25Z. Both are CortexM0(+) development kits. It'll give you less computing power, but also less complications....

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  • So my question is if this is the right LaunchPad to start with or should i start with an Arduino.

    What is the big difference between these?

    First of all, the Arduino Uno is not ARM. Whether that matters to you is up to you to decide the Arduino Due IS an ARM board.

    If you want to learn programming microcontrollers, and want to go further than making some 'interaction design'  (i.e. designs that only have a few in- and outputs and do not require ms-precise timing, no concurrent actions) I would not take the Arduino, since you can't easily look at the low level stuff.

    The STM32F4Discovery is a very nice board, but why start at the most complicated board? I've had much fun with the STM32F0Discovery, and also with the FRDM KL25Z. Both are CortexM0(+) development kits. It'll give you less computing power, but also less complications....

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