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From: hattori@csrd.nkk.co.jp (Mato Hattori)
Subject: Re: Best Microcontroller For The Job?
In-Reply-To: tmcdonough@BIX.com's message of 10 Feb 94 04:55:25 GMT
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In article <tmcdonough.760856125@BIX.com> tmcdonough@BIX.com (tmcdonough on BIX) writes:

   rrhoades@ee.umr.edu (Ron Rhoades) writes:

   >I am a junior at the University of Missouri-Rolla  working on a small robot 
   >design as part of a undergrad research project.  What I am having difficulties
   >with is which processor or microcontroller to base the design on.

   You may also want to look into the Intel 8051 family. The lesser
   versions are not as powerful as the 68HC11 but depending on
   the preference of the other departments at your University
   there may be a lot more support for developing systems with
   one or the other (Motorola vs. Intel).

Yes, I agree with Tim.  Especially, 8052AH is suitable for beginners.
It contains MCS-52 BASIC Interpreter, that can treat external
interrupt.  You don't need even cross-assembler using this processor.
You may feel the interpreter a bit slow, but since the processor is
running with 12MHz clock, I believe it's ehough for most applications.
Actually, My first Sumobot wrestler has been made with this processor.

Good luck for your robot!
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