Good to start with?

[mvs sarma]

Would this be something to invest in?
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I am looking to get started with pics (instead of the crappy basic stamps which infuriate me with their existence...)

Hi Mark, don't look at ebay items and especially pickit2 compatibles-- aim direct pickt2 of microchip from microchip

 

[bloody-orc]

micro controller is something, that needs very little (next to none) external components to rum. micro processor is a chip, that has no internal memory. Needs to be booted up from external memory.

Sadly I have no idea, what a DSP is, as I have never used one my own. But I still consider ARV32 to be a micro controller as it doesn't need any external components to run (it even has internal crystal you know).