Although I have always argued that one microcontroller is better than the other, from the larger perspective, I have found all of these low cost microcontrollers being used for similar tasks. However it's absolutely amazing how many features brands are integrating in these small chips for costs lower than a bag of Crisps. Although some of them use costlier programmers than others because programming features have been removed for cost saving and more, in a niche product, I can foresee the presence of most (if not all) of these chips. But in the larger picture, I personally use these for minimal tasks like blinking a LED which is what I'm sure many more may be doing😂😂. Also the fact that most of these are integrated into the Arduino IDE is also great. Thanks a lot for taking my small suggestion and elaborating on the subject . A great Video as always!!

@onecircuit-as

8 күн бұрын

Thank you Atul. One of my videos uses a 3c PMS150C to drive a motor via a ULN2003. Great fun! 👍😀

I am using the attiny202. At 50cents it seems expensive, lol, but the ch32v003 has so much more flash for 15 cents, and the ch32v203 is a real winner for anything more complicated using usb and more pins. The esp32 is now the goto for a bigger faster chip with wifi and bt and even then it is not expensive. Amazing time to be alive if your a hardware/software geek.

@onecircuit-as

9 күн бұрын

You are so correct and I worry sometimes that I'll end up like the donkey starving between two bales of hay for lack of being able to make a decision!

Hope I'll finally get to play with my tube of PFS173's this year. Tempted to dig further into ASM of the padauks as the documentation for the "Mini C" is still a bit wonky :)

@onecircuit-as

6 күн бұрын

It’s my goal to find a suitable ASM toolchain. Let me know if you find one. I def would prefer assembly over c for this series.

@AndersNielsenAA

6 күн бұрын

@@onecircuit-as Since I have the emulator I'm tempted to keep using the Padauk IDE ... but... SDCC might be fun too :)

Came up in the 8bit Pic realm, though this ch3v003 looks tasty

@onecircuit-as

8 күн бұрын

What a time to be alive. 😀

Good luck with your future programming mate.

@onecircuit-as

10 күн бұрын

Thank you Steve! 👍😀

Nice.

Its 14-channel 8-bit, not 14-bit adc on PFS173!

@onecircuit-as

9 күн бұрын

Yes the ChatGPT comparison on the blog led me down the wrong path on this one. I should’ve checked that a little more carefully. 🙄

What about PicAxe?

@onecircuit-as

9 күн бұрын

I've not ventured into Pic world - I hear it is the Dark Side of the force! At the moment I'm flat out keeping up with semi-Arduino IDE based solutions.

@frankcellini9363

6 күн бұрын

PicAxe is very easy to program.. using a basic like programming language... it uses the Microchips, 12F1840, PIC16F1825, PIC16F1847, PIC16F1829, PIC16F1829, PIC18F14K22, PIC18F25K22, PIC18F45K22 with embedded BASIC interpreter.

@onecircuit-as

6 күн бұрын

One day....😬

Why didn't You take ATtiny85 instead of 13? It's also popular (eg. it's core of DigiSpark)

@onecircuit-as

9 күн бұрын

I thought about that after the video! I have used the attiny85, but now the cost is prohibitive. My PFS154 supply was 8c per unit. The PFS173 came in around 13c per unit. 👍😀

I’ve been using the CH32V003 for a bit now with the Arduino IDE (CLI). Its Arduino core is not complete, and you have to fiddle with it a bit. After making some custom libraries for myself, I’m at a point where it pretty much does everything I want for less than 20 cents each though. Definitely recommended. I also like the CH552, but not convinced the 8 pin version is worthwhile.

@GnuReligion

10 күн бұрын

That one does look interesting. Since the atmega8a can't be had for 0.45 cent anymore, may be time to delve into RISC-V.

@onecircuit-as

10 күн бұрын

Just when I settled on this as a possible future, along comes PUYA! kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4uG0dmIo7y5fLw.html Oh my aching bank balance 👍😀

@simontillson482

10 күн бұрын

Just one little correction: the PFS173 does not have a 14-bit ADC. It’s an 8-bit ADC with up to 14 input channels.

@onecircuit-as

10 күн бұрын

@@simontillson482 Thank you! If you check the blog you’ll see ChatGPT’s comparison, notably incorrect! 😳