July 2009 - Protostack

ATmega8 breadboard circuit – Part 2 of 3 – The Microcontroller

July 26, 2009 AVR Microcontrollers, Tutorials 23 Comments

This tutorial continues on from ATmega8 Breadboard Circuit - Part 1 where we build a small power supply on the breadboard. In this part we will add the ATmega8 microcontroller and an interface to allow it to be programmed. The first step is to orient yourself with the ATMEGA8 microcontroller. Since we are building our...

ATMEGA8 development kit review on Practical Arduino

July 22, 2009 Miscellaneous 0 Comment

Jonathan Oxer at Practical Arduino did a video review of our Atmega8 development kit earlier this week. I really like his idea about adding a dedicated area on the board for a power supply.

Atmega8 breadboard circuit – Part 1 of 3 – Power supply

July 20, 2009 AVR Microcontrollers, Tutorials 3 Comments

This is the 1st of a 3 part series where I will describe how to build a basic ATmega8 circuit and program it with a simple program. This tutorial is ideal for first timers, so read on... Breadboards usually have a break or two in the bus strips, so the first thing we will do...

Board Stacking – 101

July 5, 2009 Basics, Tutorials 1 Comment

Board stacking is simply the process of taking 2 or more prototyping boards and fixing them into a vertical stack. The main reason for doing this is to build systems that are bigger than just 1 board. All the Protostack Large, Medium and Small boards have a common form factor. This is what makes stacking...

Return of the Prototyping Board with IDC support

July 2, 2009 Announcements 0 Comment

Breadboards are great and so are protoboards that are based on breadboard layouts. Well most of the time :-( . They both have problems when you need to use IDC connectors, dual row headers or any other component that has 2 rows of connectors on a 0.1" (2.54mm) grid. The problem is due to the...

ATmega8 breadboard circuit – Part 2 of 3 – The Microcontroller

ATMEGA8 development kit review on Practical Arduino

Atmega8 breadboard circuit – Part 1 of 3 – Power supply

Board Stacking – 101

Return of the Prototyping Board with IDC support

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