Stuart

Please forgive the total amateurishness of this post, but I'm a total 

I've been browsing the Net, looking at some of those microprocessor 

development boards (Stamp and what have you) - all very thrilling stuff 

(to an amateur, at least) - and all for Windows.

And cheap as they may be, I simply don't have room for yet another 

computer. Or the cash for another laptop, let alone enough laps.

Can anyone steer me toward something for Macs ? I don't need anything 

hardcore - I'll be quite happy using the board to deal with midi and a 

Please forgive the total amateurishness of this post, but I'm a total 
amateur.

I've been browsing the Net, looking at some of those microprocessor 
development boards (Stamp and what have you) - all very thrilling stuff 
(to an amateur, at least) - and all for Windows.

And cheap as they may be, I simply don't have room for yet another 
computer. Or the cash for another laptop, let alone enough laps.

Can anyone steer me toward something for Macs ? I don't need anything 
hardcore - I'll be quite happy using the board to deal with midi and a 
four-row LCD display.

microcontrollers-and-mac

and i think there's a bs2 environment for the mac.

or you can program your pic/bx24/atmel etc through virtual pc and use

there's arduino : http://arduino.berlios.de/

and i think there's a bs2 environment for the mac.
http://physicalcomputing.co.za/bs2.html

or you can program your pic/bx24/atmel etc through virtual pc and use
a usb--serial interface.


I had a great time with Murat n Konar's exellent MacBS2 BasicStamp 

programming app for the Macintosh - worked very well

http://www.muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2/index.shtml

you'll only need a Keyspan serial adaptor, no Virtual PC, no 

integrated BasicStap reference, syntax highlighting, all very well done!

if you're headed for more power, and more choice of mcu's for less cash

- and if you don't fear the Terminal application - there's also an 

All-Mac-Way to program Atmel AVR Controllers in C, using open source 

It was a bit of a headache to get it all running, but now works very 

http://www.anyma.ch/research/articles/avronmac.html

we write code in BBedit or Xcode, then compile it in the terminal and 

flash the processor from the terminal, using an Atmel STK500 

there's even ways to do it without a dev board, but we didn't have 

feel free to contact me for more information...

I had a great time with Murat n Konar's exellent MacBS2 BasicStamp  
programming app for the Macintosh -  worked very well
http://www.muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2/index.shtml

you'll only need a Keyspan serial adaptor, no Virtual PC, no  
Development board....
integrated BasicStap reference, syntax highlighting, all very well done!

if you're headed for more power, and more choice of mcu's for less cash
- and if you don't fear the Terminal application - there's also an  
All-Mac-Way to program Atmel AVR Controllers in C, using open source  
tools.
It was a bit of a headache to get it all running, but now works very  
well. We've documented it here:
http://www.anyma.ch/research/articles/avronmac.html

we write code in BBedit or Xcode, then compile it in the terminal and  
flash the processor from the terminal, using an Atmel STK500  
development board...
there's even ways to do it without a dev board,  but we didn't have  
time to document it yet.

Microcontrollers and Mac