N8VEM project with my son?

[Keith M]

On 7/30/2010 1:55 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:

> Similarly, on the hardware end, you may want to start off with an
> FPGA development board or perhaps one of the microcontroller kits.
>

I would agree.

For FPGA boards, I'd recommend Digilent

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavPath=2,400&Cat=10

and for microcontroller stuff, Parallax is fantastic.

http://www.parallax.com/

(see the propeller chip)

Keith