I'm located in Portugal..this project is not for the University..the proble= m is that i have this big room with a "Sanyo" air conditioner that should be switched on or off based on the number of people inside..the thermostat in auto mode is useless. I have very little experience of soldering components but i have used breadboards for Digital Systems Module and actually programmed a 16F628A Pic Microcontroller..what i really know a lot is programming in either 'c++' or 'assembly'. I would like to get a off-the-shelf development kit with all the components ready( relays/input buttons/real time clock/visual display) the programming would be the easier part for me. Thanks again for the quick reply. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Carl Denk wrote: > What are your skills, experience, with building/designing electronics. > Have you soldered PCB sorts of things. What do you anticipate learning? > What does the finished product need to look like. The starting point > could be a crude (maybe elementary would be a better word) as a bread > board, where there are holes with spring loaded contacts on a 0.1" grid > to push in wires chips, component leads. Next step would be plated > through PCB with holes with copper donuts both sides on a 0.1" grid. > Probably next step would be a bare board say from Microengineering that > has the PIC and standard minimal PIC items like voltage regulator, > crystal, capacitors, etc. and an area with the hole grid. And then you > could buy a an operating board with a place with either breadboard > and/or hole grid. > > Hope I haven't overwhelmed you, there are so many options at this point, > let the conversation flow, and you will narrow down rather quickly. I'm > just a hobbyist that builds these things to do things around the house. > Oh, also would be good to know where you are located, this list is world > wide, and materials are different availability in different places. > > On 7/26/2010 1:50 PM, Alexandre Semedo wrote: > > Hi everyone, I'm a Comp. Eng. student new to this list. > > I need to develop a system to control a simple *air conditioning > > button*-> it should include two relays and have a real time clock. > > Besides it should have at least two buttons for input and some visual > > display(example c code would be a plus). > > I intend to program it in C. Does anyone know of a development board > that > > is appropriate for this project? > > Where i can buy one? > > Thanks in advance. > > Alex. > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .