i am total n00b at electronics - i need help from 1337's like your selfs
honestly i did like 1 year in college and dropped out, thats my electronics knowledge
i can barely program (just enough to get by on arduino)
but i need the flexability of having different chips (like smaller ones ect) AVR's will let me have this
so questions:
is there like a AVR alternative to arduino (i know the arduino is an avr... i want like a little plug a play board like the UNO ect for AVR's that takes 2 seconds to get going)
all i have seen so far the programming looks uber complicated - is there a AVR IDE that is similar to the arduino one?
is is harder than arduino to learn and get by on... do i need to have a degree in EE to know and understand AVR's basically
I want something like arduino where it takes 5 mins to set up and its nice and simple and what not
basically you're out of luck. For all this microprocessor business, you will need a little knowledge about electricity and programming, no matter what system you take, be it Arduino or Pic or Texas Instruments MSP430. And it my opinion, it doesn't get more simple than with the Arduino, just different. If you have a stronger knowledge in another language than C, other options might be more comfortable to you, but just as complex.
You can get a AT328 with Arduino bootloader for $5 shipped (china), and even the Anarduino (minimalist Arduino w/ICSP, no USB) for about $10 shipped (USA I think).... As for the rest, like the attiny, just search Ebay for 'em, they end up being in the Industrial Supplies "section".
As always, if you order from China or Tiawan, be prepared to wait a shile for shipping... like weeks...