[Diy_efi] Getting started with PIC or Atmel AVR or whatever

[Peter Vieth.]

Just a few days ago I used a fuel injector out of my car to inject water 
into a sink with a basic stamp.  However the stamp does not seem to be fast 
enough to be used in a car and it got fried when my friend tried 
controlling a spark plug with it...  The microchip PIC and Atmel AVR seem 
to be favorites on this list so I was thinking of switching to those.  How 
does one get started with these chips?  The chips are much cheaper than the 
stamp but the programmers I've seen on the net are a good deal more 
expensive. Also, Jameco (which is about 10 minutes away) has the PICs but 
where would I get one of Atmel's uCs? To control the injector with the 
stamp we just used a transistor and some misc parts.  Would it be that easy 
with the PIC or the the AVR?   The programming language used is not really 
an issue, I've used C and basic for several years and have also used 
assembly to write programs for an m68k simulator. Which one should I go with?




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