Looking for programing training wheels

Mealworm · 08-15-2005, 11:23 AM

Hi,

Can anyone suggest an easy to learn programming language that will allow me to control homemade circuits and devices with my computer? I used to do this in school but we used machine code and basic, which are not very easy or fun to use. My homemade stuff is not high speed and precision is not required, I just want to make a few neat toys to run from my pc.

Also, are there any shareware or freeware utilities that may be useful?

Thanks

tgo · 08-15-2005, 01:32 PM

unless there is some high level language that i never heard of for this sort of programming, you are going to have to learn the assembly language for whatever device you have.

Mealworm · 08-15-2005, 01:40 PM

where should i start looking for the info about the assembly language? Should i go by processor? I have an intel Celeron 700 MHz.

**LoneWolf071** · 08-15-2005, 03:07 PM

no... in the old days of ASM, there were many processor types, but now and days, most all assembly is x86.... and AMD and Pentium are the 286-686 line, so you only need to learn x86 ASM.

Mealworm · 08-15-2005, 06:05 PM

cool, thanks.

**johnwill** · 08-16-2005, 02:34 PM

FWIW, I do avionics software for a living. Nowadays, we do almost ALL of the applications in C, the only ASM that shows up is in the runtime initialization, usually about a dozen instructions.

All of the I/O programming is done in C in my projects.

If you're looking for a cheap way to do small home-control projects, try checking out the Microship PIC processor. They have cheap development kits available that will allow you to create inexpensive embedded systems.

**LoneWolf071** · 08-16-2005, 04:07 PM

Right You Are johnwill... ASM IS A Very Mammoth Language, Which Is very Long And Ardius To Program in. You Should Learn C, Which Can Also include ASM code in it...

**mgoldb2** · 08-16-2005, 08:52 PM

I know c++ capable of controling circuits. I know this because we used C++ in my computer arctecture lab in order to control lights and stuff on a circuit board.

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Mealworm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Looking for programing training wheels Hi, Can anyone suggest an easy to learn programming language that will allow me to control homemade circuits and devices with my computer? I used to do this in school but we used machine code and basic, which are not very easy or fun to use. My homemade stuff is not high speed and precision is not required, I just want to make a few neat toys to run from my pc. Also, are there any shareware or freeware utilities that may be useful? Thanks

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LoneWolf071 Be Free Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 840 OS: Windows XP, Linux	Right You Are johnwill... ASM IS A Very Mammoth Language, Which Is very Long And Ardius To Program in. You Should Learn C, Which Can Also include ASM code in it... __________________ Suicide Command in Linux : rm -rf / ;) AIM:TheLoneWolf071@aim.com--If You Need Help, Don't Hesitate...

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Mealworm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	where should i start looking for the info about the assembly language? Should i go by processor? I have an intel Celeron 700 MHz.

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Mealworm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	cool, thanks.

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mgoldb2 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 604 OS: windows xp	I know c++ capable of controling circuits. I know this because we used C++ in my computer arctecture lab in order to control lights and stuff on a circuit board. __________________