Newbie to MCU. Should I learn with a demo board, eval board or tower kit?

[Juanko]

Hi, I have developed sw for 20 years. Had experience with electronics 15 yrs ago. Used to program in C. I want to learn again about circuit design, MCU, C programming. Where shall I start? Out of ignorance I have purchased already a PCMCUSLK, a MCF5225X MCU, 2 diferent eval boards for different Freescale processors.... Where do you recommend I start?

Thanks!

Lost soul

[J2MEJediMaster]

Download the appropriate Special Edition of CodeWarrior for your board, although the CodeWarrior installation disc that came with the board should do. Look for demo programs for the board in question (again, the installation disc should have example programs that use features on the board). Build those with the tools and step through their source code in the debugger. That should get you started.

---Tom