AVR-Chat

At 08:05 PM 3/26/2004 +0000, Phil wrote:

>One thing that I wish there was (could be I just haven't found it) is 
>a Minimum AVR page.  It would have the minimum circuit needed to get 
>going plus a description of the simplest programming and development 
>envt.  

That's why I like the 2343 for this. 
Just feed it 5V, and you're there.

The BA1FB programmer is what I use, I built up a little card with Radio shack parts, and two 8 pin sockets, one is program, the other is run. 


>I know a lot of people will say "buy a trainer". But my trainer 
>boards all wind up being unused after an initial learning phase.  

Like all training wheels, still..
The STK-500 isn't bad if you can get past the initial appearance of complexity. 

>I'd 
>just rather put a circuit together on a breadboard and be able to add 
>or subtract to my heart's content.  Proto boards come closer but dont 
>meet my personal needs.  Also, the trainers/protos dont make it easy 
>to try different chips in the product family.