need not expensive AVR kit

Hello
i want to buy AVR kit that is not expensive and doing well
can u suggest me good kits

Thanks a lot

What do you consider expensive? What is your budget, in USD?

What models of the AVR would you like the development board to support?

What about programming/debugging support, ISP, JTAG or both?

BigDog

mmmm about 75$
and what about if intend to design one ....it will cost me more or less than if i bought new one ??

actually iam beginner and i don't know about ISP ,JTAG can u tell me about these features ?

Thanks a lot

ISP - In Serial Programming (very useful thing, you can programming your microcontroler on board, without taking microcontroller out, put in programmer and back on to board)

JTAG - I do not know what this acronym mean, but that is programmer too, but you can and debug with them. If you like to read, I propose to you to read Atmel JTAG ICE User guide

MahmoudHassan said:

mmmm about 75$ and what about if intend to design one ....it will cost me more or less than if i bought new one ??

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There are numerous development boards available in that price range. Selecting one would depend on availability in your area. Another option would be purchasing a STK500 from Atmel or distributor. The STK500 has a builtin ISP programmer and supports many of the AVRs in DIP packages. The STK500 was replaced by the considerabily more expensive STK600, but apparently is now once again available for purchase:

Atmel STK500

I have two of them that I still use for development work from time to time.

MahmoudHassan said:

actually iam beginner and i don't know about ISP ,JTAG can u tell me about these features ?

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ISP, In System Programming, is Atmel standardized way of programming a MCU while installed in the circuit. JTAG, Joint Test Action Group, also has this capability as well as offering In System/Circuit Debugging as well. The JTAG debugger feature can be quite advantageous when developing new application code. Of course the JTAG programmer is usually considerably more expensive than the ISP programmer.

help about AVR kit decision

hello
i need to buy
AVR kit and this kit is available in my country and it's price is 56 dollar

RAM Electronics : FEPST3 ATMEL-8051 Development Kit (ICSP) [Kit.Atmel.Mi] - 350.00L.E.

my question is this kit is good or not as iam beginner and i need your help to take decision about this kit and if this kit is expensive can you recommend me another one ?

thanks a lot

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Re: help about AVR kit decision

This is not an AVR development doard, it is a 8051 mcu board.

Alex

AVR devboard you can perfectly make on your own. Either fully homemade pcb or manufactured by a pcb company. AVR is kind low speed, no "difficult" packages involved (like qfn or bga) so pcb design is really simple. This way you will get to know other aspects of microcontroller usage (other than programming).

What is difference between ATMEL avr and ATMEL 8051 ?

and what is the micocontroller type best suited for communication applications ?

MahmoudHassan said:

and what is the micocontroller type best suited for communication applications ?

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Maybe I will not help you a lot with this answer, but when you ask which microcontroller is better, nobody can give a simple answer. If you want to develop some comunication applications simple chose what type of communication you want to use (RS232, RS485, USB, ethernet, RF, wireless, zig bee...) and try to find microcontroller which has support for that type of communication.
Or, you can use some regular microcontroller, like Atmel 8051, ATmega16, ATmega8, and interface microcontroller with some communication module. That is easier way if you must solder alone that components, because that type of microcontroller you still can find in PDIP packages.
I hoppe this will help you. Tell us which type of communication you plan to use, and maybe we will able to help you more.