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A year ago I got my nephew a Maxitronics 500 in 1 kit from Ramsey
Electronics <http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/> and he is almost
finished with it, and I am looking at something a little more advanced
for him to learn on. His favorite part of the kit was the software
portion using the 4-bit processor to program, and I am looking for
something along those lines. He can solder pretty well and has built
other Ramsey kits, but we discussed it and I think a microprossing
trainer should be next on his list.
My nephew is 11 going on to 12, pretty smart, and has the drive to do
this, so I am not too worried. The summer break is coming soon and
this should give him plenty to do and learn, but I am needing
assistance in choosing a good trainer kit for him to use.
I have done some research and googled a lot, and based on his
interests and skill level, I was thinking of having him train on a
intel based processor. I know there are advantages to each trainer,
but want everyone's experiences with 8051, 8085, and 8088 trainers.
First of all, I got from my local used book store the 8088 Project
Book by Robert Grossblatt. I do not know if this is going to be his
second project or if it should be his first. Anyhow, I have been
looking at microprocessor kits to start him off and found the
following kits that I am interested in:
I found EMAC <http://www.emacinc.com/> has several 8085 based
trainers. Any recommendation on these?
Elenco <http://www.elenco.com/> has one 8085 based trainer, it appears
to be a good value for the money. Opinions?
Cygnal <http://www.silabs.com/products/microcontroller/developmenttools.asp>
has 8051 based trainers with varying configurations.
Flite <http://www.flite.co.uk/micros.html> has quite a few trainers,
including Motorola based 68x trainers. If my nephew does well with the
intel based trainers, I think he would be interested in these, but any
other recommendations?
I have seen others, but these interest me right now. I think I would
rather go with the 8085 or the 8088 rather than the 8051, but I have
seen the Cygnal kits very highly recommended by others here.
TIA! Please respond here, emails will be most likely ignored.
Electronics <http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/> and he is almost
finished with it, and I am looking at something a little more advanced
for him to learn on. His favorite part of the kit was the software
portion using the 4-bit processor to program, and I am looking for
something along those lines. He can solder pretty well and has built
other Ramsey kits, but we discussed it and I think a microprossing
trainer should be next on his list.
My nephew is 11 going on to 12, pretty smart, and has the drive to do
this, so I am not too worried. The summer break is coming soon and
this should give him plenty to do and learn, but I am needing
assistance in choosing a good trainer kit for him to use.
I have done some research and googled a lot, and based on his
interests and skill level, I was thinking of having him train on a
intel based processor. I know there are advantages to each trainer,
but want everyone's experiences with 8051, 8085, and 8088 trainers.
First of all, I got from my local used book store the 8088 Project
Book by Robert Grossblatt. I do not know if this is going to be his
second project or if it should be his first. Anyhow, I have been
looking at microprocessor kits to start him off and found the
following kits that I am interested in:
I found EMAC <http://www.emacinc.com/> has several 8085 based
trainers. Any recommendation on these?
Elenco <http://www.elenco.com/> has one 8085 based trainer, it appears
to be a good value for the money. Opinions?
Cygnal <http://www.silabs.com/products/microcontroller/developmenttools.asp>
has 8051 based trainers with varying configurations.
Flite <http://www.flite.co.uk/micros.html> has quite a few trainers,
including Motorola based 68x trainers. If my nephew does well with the
intel based trainers, I think he would be interested in these, but any
other recommendations?
I have seen others, but these interest me right now. I think I would
rather go with the 8085 or the 8088 rather than the 8051, but I have
seen the Cygnal kits very highly recommended by others here.
TIA! Please respond here, emails will be most likely ignored.
