Category: AVR
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Attiny85 pogo backpack programmer
tl;dr So you are using a bare attiny85 in your next project but don’t have room for the programming header, What do you do? I came up with the idea of using pogo pins layed out on A PCB so that they will sit on top of the Attiny85 legs. I used standard male jumps…
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Attiny85 backpack programmer header
tl;dr So when I was into using just a atmega328 dip chip I make a programmer header for it that also had a crystal and the capacitors need to make it function. I wanted to do the same for the attiny85. As you know you have to use a ISP programmer to flash the…
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SMD edge connectors
SMD edge connectors So you want to joint two boards together, You decide to use through hole female and male 2.54 pitch headers. Normally you would use through hole than ether have a 90 degree headers or just bend them over. For years this is how I did it, I would have to make sure…
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#Atmega_tree
TLDR: I don’t normally do Xmas projects but thought I would give it a shot this year, I had to start thinking about this project before I had even finished the atmega_eyes halloween project which I normally don’t do. I wanted to make a Xmas decoration, something to put on the mantelpiece or even hang in…
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Atmega328 backpack
tldr While I was perusing Hackaday links something caught my eye, It was a backpack for the atmega8 chip on a breadboard. This got me thinking, Could it be done for the atmega328 aswell and add in some other bells and whistles too. Layout I’ve always tried to make my own tools and test gear to…
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#Atmega_eyes animated eyes for pumpkin
tl;dr #atmega_eyes is an animated eyes for a pumpkin for Halloween. You can probably tell from the name it’s powered by a atmega328, The eyes are two 8×8 led matrix boards that are controlled by max7219 logic plus I’ve thrown in a RGB LED and a fake candle flicker LED which are controlled by a push button.…
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AVR LED candle flicker (atmega328)
It’s that time of year again, when you should be thinking about starting your Halloween projects. In the last month ive been trying to move away from arduino and to code streight c on the AVR platform especially the familiar atmega328. A nice project to do for Halloween is to make a LED candle flicker…
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