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Twitter @Project_AVRTo Tweet Too Who
ProjectAVR now has a Twitter account. The truth is that it was getting a little confusing tweeting from the Project_HAB account about Project_AVR stuff. It needed to have it’s own account for organisation sake. Hopefully now, tweets from both accounts … Continue reading
Summer Developments
It’s been busy at ProjectAVR. I’ve been squirreling away, making up minDUINO kits for the Scouts JOTA event. They are almost finished now. Just a few last minute additions on back-order. The assembly instructions are complete with included circuit diagram … Continue reading
JOTA – 2014
This year, I’ve been invited to the Scouts JOTA/JOTI event on October 18 & 19th. JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) & JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) organises Scouts all over the world to communicate via radio and the internet. Primarily, … Continue reading
ICSP to Breadboard Adaptor
Frustrated by having to poke jumper wires into the socket of my AVR ISP MkII every time I wanted to program a breadboarded AVR, I quickly built an adaptor from strip board. It consists of a 6-pin shrouded header plug … Continue reading
minDUINO v1.7 Arrival
I’m very pleased to report that the minDUINO v1.7 boards have arrived and are excellent! Fabricated by the fantastic Hackvana. They have never failed to deliver a top quality product. I’m very much looking forward to building one up to … Continue reading
minDUINO ‘Hello World’
This post assumes that your ATMEGA328 chip has a bootloader installed. Chips with the bootloader already installed can be obtained from many sources, including eBay. Details on how to install a bootloader manually will be detailed in a future post. … Continue reading
ICSP Test Rig
On a whim, I bought a Maplin project to build. I needed an audio signal generator for something I’m planning and the £15.99 Function Generator Kit seemed to fit the bill. I have a very local Maplin shop where the … Continue reading
ICSP Pogo Pin Programming Adaptor
Driven by my frustration at not being able to find a reasonably cheap supply of 2x3pin shrouded header sockets, I have knocked up an adaptor to avoid using them altogether. This is not a new idea and I’ve seen a … Continue reading
Last of the line?
Having now designed and proved the minDUINO v1.6 board, I’m intending to mount one on a box with a breadboard for rapid prototyping. However, it struck me that it wouldn’t be too difficult to add either a daughter board that … Continue reading
minDUINO gets a logo
One of the other strings to my bow is Graphic Design. I’m self taught and have been dipping in and out of the graphic water for many years. I have designed lots of logos for various entities in the past … Continue reading