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I have to do a project of some kind for my digital signals and systems class and I really don't have a clue where to even start looking. ANY IDEAS OR DIRECTION WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Any web sites, recommended books, ect for microcontrollers or assembly language would also be appreciated.

Thanks for the responses y'all. I recently took an intro to microcontrollers for my EE degree that was all assembly language based. It might just be the learning curve of assembly that I was struggling with, but assembly programming was kind of a turn off even though I really loved the...

Yes, assembly code is what I ment.

What is the most commonly used programming language for microcontrollers? I have done programming in machine code and it is a pain. I will get better at it if I have to, but would rather use a high level language like C. I hear C is much easier to write programs with than machine code...

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The wife and I watch it.

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I will graduate with my BS in EE at 41 next year. Age has nothing to do with ability and desire.