amdkicksass
Member
Hi guys-
I will start off by saying that i have never worked with micro controllers in general. I took a course with the Motorola HC12 and i loved it and loved what i could do with it. I recently had an idea and though to myself it would be easily done using a micro controller. I want to put Christmas lights (during christmas) on the outside of the house and have the micro controller switch thou various patterns. I am guessing this probably can be done using simple loops and a bunch of relays.
Is this something that can be easily done ? What micro controller would be suggested to use ? I would need one that would have a large amount of output pins..
After reading the sticky it seems that i can either start by building a programmer or purchase something simple like the pickit2 that will probably suite my needs. I can probably couple that with a 16 series chip and use its outputs to trip the relays.
Any suggestions ideas ? Are there any simulators out there that would allow me to work on it until i get started with the actual hardware..
Thanks
pete
I will start off by saying that i have never worked with micro controllers in general. I took a course with the Motorola HC12 and i loved it and loved what i could do with it. I recently had an idea and though to myself it would be easily done using a micro controller. I want to put Christmas lights (during christmas) on the outside of the house and have the micro controller switch thou various patterns. I am guessing this probably can be done using simple loops and a bunch of relays.
Is this something that can be easily done ? What micro controller would be suggested to use ? I would need one that would have a large amount of output pins..
After reading the sticky it seems that i can either start by building a programmer or purchase something simple like the pickit2 that will probably suite my needs. I can probably couple that with a 16 series chip and use its outputs to trip the relays.
Any suggestions ideas ? Are there any simulators out there that would allow me to work on it until i get started with the actual hardware..
Thanks
pete