Thanks (Was: Re: MCU recomendation?)

[d houlton x0710]

d houlton x0710 wrote:
> 
> Can someone who knows a bit more than I do about MCUs reccomend one and a
> development board to use?
> 
> I'm new to this and I'm finding it near impossible to decide what chip/board
> I should be looking at.  I'm learning as I go, but I don't even know enough
> where to start.

Thanks for the reccomendations.  I think I have decided on the Hitachi 
MCU's.  Which one exatly I don't know yet, but their kits do include the
things I'm looking for and carry a pretty reasonable price.

thanks
--Dan