If you've tried to program microcontrollers and found assembly language cumbersome and BASIC or other languages too limiting, maybe you should try C.

AWC's APP-IV is the perfect way to create powerful microcontroller applications in C. This inexpensive kit (based on our popular GPMPU40 PC board) uses a powerful Atmel ATmega 8 CPU running at 10MIPS. What's more, the kit is especially suited to using the powerful, standard, and free GNU C compiler (gcc). You can create powerful programs easily using this well-respected compiler. Because the ATmega 8 has a true stack, gcc creates highly optimized code for the APP-IV.