Wond3rboy
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Hello
I know this question has been asked many times before but I wanted to ask away again. I am about to teach a small microcontrollers class at a college. I obviously want to work with PIC microcontrollers as I have experience with them. We have some programmers available, some chips and other required hardware. However, another part of me suggests that I should go with the Arduino which is easy to understand and fast to develop applications with. But, since this is a microcontrollers course using the Arduino means I am depriving them of basic microcontroller fundamentals such as architectures, ports, interrupts, configuration of modules, etc.
About the course: It is supposed to be a thorough course about microcontrollers with discussion on architecutre, port operations, timers, counters, interrupts, specific modules, stepper and servo motor control running for 16 weeks with 3 hours each week for lab sessions and 2 hours for lecturing. Some students might not have an electronics background.
I am really torn between the two choices. Since most of you have more experience then me in working with them as well as instructing, can you guys pitch in?
Thanks very much!
I know this question has been asked many times before but I wanted to ask away again. I am about to teach a small microcontrollers class at a college. I obviously want to work with PIC microcontrollers as I have experience with them. We have some programmers available, some chips and other required hardware. However, another part of me suggests that I should go with the Arduino which is easy to understand and fast to develop applications with. But, since this is a microcontrollers course using the Arduino means I am depriving them of basic microcontroller fundamentals such as architectures, ports, interrupts, configuration of modules, etc.
About the course: It is supposed to be a thorough course about microcontrollers with discussion on architecutre, port operations, timers, counters, interrupts, specific modules, stepper and servo motor control running for 16 weeks with 3 hours each week for lab sessions and 2 hours for lecturing. Some students might not have an electronics background.
I am really torn between the two choices. Since most of you have more experience then me in working with them as well as instructing, can you guys pitch in?
Thanks very much!