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copied!<p>I'm getting into microcontroller programming with an introductory robot that I'll be building with a team that has about 10 motors. It will also need to send and receive signals from and to a computer (2.4Ghz tranceiver) to get commands and send information.</p> <p>I'm proficient at programming with higher level languages like Python and PHP, and I'm currently learning C++. I'm already familiar with the C type syntax so it's just a matter of familiarizing with the language. So learning wouldn't be an issue. Also we're going to be using C on the microcontroller, the programming language on the computer will be a mixture of C and Python.</p> <p>I'm looking for a board that will control about 10 motors as well as controlling a wireless transceiver. Furthermore, I'm looking for a wireless transceiver for the computer (No wifi networks allowed), as well as an O/S and development environment for this type of thing. My problem is that I don't know where to start. I don't even know the appropriate search terms on Google, hence having a lot of difficulties getting relevant information.</p> <p>We do have a learner's 8051 board, but we're lacking a computer with a serial port so we can't do much with it yet.</p> <p>Also I lack the knowledge on how to actually compile my code for the microcontroller and put it on the chip itself. So if there anyone has some resources for that, it would be very helpful.</p> <p>To summarize:</p> <ol> <li><p>What's a good board that can control about 10 motors?</p></li> <li><p>What's a good transceiver module that can be embedded on the said board and programmable?</p></li> <li>What's a good transceiver module that can be attached, preferably into an USB port (meaning the drivers have to be included as we can't develop drivers), to the computer that's easily programmable?</li> <li>Any relevant search terms that I could get more info from?</li> </ol> <p>Any suggestions would be much appreciated Thanks</p>

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