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Guidance for 12 yrs old to get started with embedded HW/SW projects

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Hello,

 

My 12yrs old son wants to do projects in embedded HW/SW domain. He is just beggining to explore the embedded domain. I am trying to help him get started. I am looking for a simple 8/16 bit microcontroller evaluation board with basic digital input/output, LEDs, LCD display, A/D, D/A converters, external memory, an IDE where he can write simple programs in C/C++ compile, download via USB and execute. Can you please suggest the right product/s  I need to buy for him?

 

Thanks

Radhakrishna

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    Hi,

        Sriram, r u from INDIA ? Dev Boards in India is still Expensive 2xArduino costs as much as Raspberry pi and to make things worse U cant buy them off the shelf (Online) without filling god knows how many forms and Agreements and etc.

         This being clear i would highly recommend Ti's MSP430 Launchpad Series not because they are Awesome and i am a bit biased to them but  cauz,

     

    1.   They are easy to get (ti.com/launchpad) and buy them directly(You will get the cheapest and best)

    2.    No shipping Cost from TI's E-store So Awesome !!

    3.    U get 2 IC's to start with and if u screw them u can order free samples from Ti (This program doesn't need a corporate Email ID gmail works awesome)

           U can also get other IC's from ti and use them in ur design.

    4.    Amazing support and community on ti e2e or 43oh.com or Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/communities/109693409208144097271/https://plus.google.com/communities/103058128229114644563)or Google Groups

    5.    THE Most IMP ONE (If u are learning) : Wide variety of s/w support starting from super simple Energia(energia.nu) to Code Composer Studio and GNU GCC.

    6.    U can use these launchpads to debug/ program any similar family device from TI so that comes in handy.

    7.    Finally loads of examples to start with and Online Workshop by ti to get u up to speed within days .

     

    Well i can go on and on .. .. .. but u got my point.

     

    There are others also like ST's Discovery Boards, Arduino,  and so on. which other people have commented.

     

    Hope this helps for u to make a choice.

     

    Regards.

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    Hi,

        Sriram, r u from INDIA ? Dev Boards in India is still Expensive 2xArduino costs as much as Raspberry pi and to make things worse U cant buy them off the shelf (Online) without filling god knows how many forms and Agreements and etc.

         This being clear i would highly recommend Ti's MSP430 Launchpad Series not because they are Awesome and i am a bit biased to them but  cauz,

     

    1.   They are easy to get (ti.com/launchpad) and buy them directly(You will get the cheapest and best)

    2.    No shipping Cost from TI's E-store So Awesome !!

    3.    U get 2 IC's to start with and if u screw them u can order free samples from Ti (This program doesn't need a corporate Email ID gmail works awesome)

           U can also get other IC's from ti and use them in ur design.

    4.    Amazing support and community on ti e2e or 43oh.com or Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/communities/109693409208144097271/https://plus.google.com/communities/103058128229114644563)or Google Groups

    5.    THE Most IMP ONE (If u are learning) : Wide variety of s/w support starting from super simple Energia(energia.nu) to Code Composer Studio and GNU GCC.

    6.    U can use these launchpads to debug/ program any similar family device from TI so that comes in handy.

    7.    Finally loads of examples to start with and Online Workshop by ti to get u up to speed within days .

     

    Well i can go on and on .. .. .. but u got my point.

     

    There are others also like ST's Discovery Boards, Arduino,  and so on. which other people have commented.

     

    Hope this helps for u to make a choice.

     

    Regards.

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