Programming Microcontrollers

A comment on an Ask Slashdot article on how to introduce children to computers (& programming) pointed to Parallax.com as a good source for teaching kids about hardware and low-level programming.

I've always been more of a software guy than a hardware hacker, ever since I began programming at the age of eight. So, I'm intrigued somewhat by the BASIC Stamp microcontroller. It looks like people can do some pretty cool things with them, and they appear to have a lot of online documentation and other educational resources.

Something to keep in mind, on the back burner, for the day when I find myself with copious amounts of spare time and no other projects to work on...

—Michael A. Cleverly
Monday, January 03, 2005 at 21:47

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