I am of the firm belief that Arduino's are great to get those who aren't already motivated into learning EE/CE. Seeing a responsive blinking LED or whatnot is g

I am of the firm belief that Arduino's are great to get those who aren't already motivated into learning EE/CE. Seeing a responsive blinking LED or whatnot is great to get people to the 'oh man, how does this work?! I want to learn more!!'. You're already at that phase. You presumably have a baseline of CS knowledge. Do it the 'right' way, and use a PIC or an AVR. (I don't care which, no holy wars, avr fans ;)) This[1] is a great place to start. I keep on meaning to write a 'hardware for CS guys' guide, that'll suffice for now. [1] http://umassamherstm5.org/tech-tutorials/pic32-tutorials/pic32mx220-tutorials http://umassamherstm5.org/tech-tutorials/pic32-tutorials/pic...