The AVR is a Modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller (µC) which was developed by Atmel in 1996. The AVR was one of the first microcontroller families to use on-chip flash memory for program storage, as opposed to One-Time Programmable ROM, EPROM, or EEPROM used by other microcontrollers at the time.

Recent ATmel AVR Kit Purchases

September 5th, 2009

I bought a few more kits, but these ones come with PCB to solder all the components into. I plan on setting these up on a breadboard instead (I think I will put the ISP fully together though) of the PCB for my demos and tutorials that I will make in the future with these kits. Here are the kits I bought:

*RBBB Arduino clone kit is a mini board designed for those experimental applications that require small processors, such as wearable computing, near space experiments, toy prototyping, artist's projects or any use for a fairly small, low-cost microcontroller. As far as we know, it's the smallest and most low-cost Arduino-compatible available right now.

Link: www.moderndevice.com/RBBB_revB.shtml

*ATMEGA8 Development Kit. This kit contains what you need to start building ATMEGA8 circuits. There are also a number of smaller components which assist in getting the Atmega8 working.

Link: www.protostack.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_20&products_id=22

*AVR ISP programmer are based on Thomas Fischl's USBasp design and connect to your computer's USB port. Not only are they quite compact, but the design is really elegent. The USB interface is achieved by using an atmega processor and the rest is done in firmware.

  • Support for AVRDude from version 5.2 onwards
  • Allows you to to read or write the microcontroller EEPROM, firmware, fuse bits and lock bits
  • Support for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (will work on vista)
  • 5 KB/sec maximum write speed
  • SCK option to support targets with low clock speed (< 1.5MHz)
  • 10 pin and 6 pin ISP interfaces

Link: www.protostack.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23&products_id=24

*MinyPOV 3, the microcontroller used for the MiniPOV2 is an Atmel 20-pin RISC device called the ATtiny2313 (ATtiny2313V-10PU). This chip was chosen because it is the cheapest one that has an internal oscillator (no external crystal/clock necessary) and enough I/O pins to give every LED a pin.

Link: www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=20



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