I'm really bad at logic stuff when it comes to chips, so already knowing a lot of BASIC, I got myself an AVR programmer kit, BASCOM (BASIC for AVR) and some chips to mess around with!
see blog ;)
http://soniccrayon.blogspot.com/
Have any of you used these specifically in pedals/synths/effects? I know they're too limited for DSP stuff (except maybe for lofi bitcrushing), but being logic-impared when it comes to actual circuits, this really excites me!