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My order did come today. Haha I meant to ask why for example a specific PIC micro controller has 5 different ways the programmer can be designed. What is the difference between these programmers? Oh and on the topic of programming. Thank you for the advice. I am not as concerned with...

I placed my order for the PICAXE-18X through Solarbotics. This is truly a noobish question but why are there so many programmers out there for only one chip? Also, I believe a low voltage programmer means power must be supplied externally. Is this correct?

Okay I will go with the PICAXE for now due to its simplicity for me to get started. I live in the US and see it is a European based company. Has anyone had problems with shipping before through them? And geez Fed EX is mad expensive over there for a shipment to the US.

Okay I decided I want to get the PIC16F84. I am confused though on where to buy a programmer for this chip. I don't feel comfortable making one myself at this time. Can anyone provide a link to a site they trust to buy one?

Berkeman, that actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the help everyone.

So my understanding is any PIC programmer will work with any PIC microcontroller? Also, these programmers, what exactly is the definition of them. I have seen some where they plug right into a protoboard and other others that require the microcontroller to be plugged into it. Also, what is...

The strange thing is this was used for a track number display for a CD so both 7 seg's must have been controlled differently. Pin 7 when + turns on the right screen and Pin 8 + turns on the left screen. When both are + both screens go on. Whenever I change the other pins they change both...

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I kinda expected to get that answer. I have been playing around with the pins for about 2 hours now but most of them seem to be multiplexed.

Hey Guys, So I was scrapping parts from an ancient present I found up in the attic called the "Singing Machine". Point is I managed to retrieve a dual 7 segment display. The only documentation I can find online is for 14 pin versions of these things. Strangely this only has 10 pins and I can...

Thanks TurtleMeister. One thing I did forget to mention is I have read that certain microcontrollers have GCC assemblers/compilers associated with them. I am using the Linux Kernel so for ease of programming which controllers are under this category?

Hey Guys I have been experimenting with electrical engineering for the past few months and I now am interested in buying my 2nd micro-controller. My first was Basic Stamp II but that got friend and was not really suitable. I have read several articles on microcontrollers but am confused where...