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[Vesa Solonen <vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx>]

21/05/14 22:15, Gabriel Koutilellis kirjoitti:

> I am a chemist, but I have built some knowledge on electronics,
> programming and pcb designing, because of chemical instrumentation.
> Mainly I use pascal, c, avrgcc, but I believe I can adapt to C++.

Very interesting combination, my backgroungd is somewhat similar.

> Please let me know some basic environment that I can use to easily
> combine all the needed tools to develop something useful.
> Considering "useful" I don't know where to start from.

I would suggest installing some flavor of Linux to begin with, native or
virtual machine. Ubuntu or Mint is probably the easiest to start from.
Development tools and libraries are way easier to keep in shape on Linux
these days. Ofcourse Kicad-winbuilder will do quite the same for you on
Windows.

> Is there something that I can help with?

Checking bugs, blueprints and CERN work packages should keep you busy...

-Vesa