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Microcontrollers

Microcontrollers come in a variety of different forms, and packages.  The most basic ones are single chips, more complex ones are the combination of a single chip micro chip and other support chips.

Single Chip microcontrollers

  • Amtel
  • Microchip PIC

More complex microcontroller boards

  • Arduino - based on Amtel ATMega chip
  • Parallax Basic Stamp - based on Microchip PIC
  • Parallax Propeller - new chip design, exclusive to Parallax
  • PICAXE - based on Microchip PIC
  • COMFILE - Cubloc / Cutouch - Amtel ATMega based, some versions come with a touchscreen display.

We've tried a number of different controller boards and personally like the Arduino.