Robert Berger

We’ll have a closer look at the blinking LED Arduino sketch we saw last time. Programs written for the Processing [4] programming language are called sketches. These sketches are typically written using the text editor which comes with Processing.

Part 3: http://www.eeweb.com/blog/robert_berger/arduino-for-mere-m0rtals-part-3

Although the Arduino software runs as well on Windows and OSX I’ll show you how to set up the software development environment on Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Your workstation needs to be connected to the web and have sufficient access rights to be able to get the necessary software packages (beware of evil…

Hi,

If I understand your question well it is:“Is multi-tasking possible with an 8051?” The answer is yes, but the 8051 architecture is not particularly well suited for a RTOS (also not for C programming).

Which programming language do you use?

How about something like this?…

If you like this you might also want to check out part 2:

http://www.eeweb.com/blog/robert_berger/arduino-for-mere-m0rtals-part-2

Be pragmatic I was not excited about the hardware specs from above, but being a pragmatic person I looked a bit into the numbers. I would estimate that more than 150,000 boards have been sold in the meantime so let us have a look at what Google tells us about Arduino compared to similar prototyping…

@Jim: The great thing about Arduino is that it was actually NOT made for electronic specialists, so this might be just what you are searching for to play with.

Regards,

Robert

This is how the official Arduino site describes it [1]: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.