The TBCS Arduino Thread.

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Originally Posted by crenn

No.... Skynet = Software


EDIT: And for those who enjoy real code!

Code:

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#include <avr/io.h>
#include <util/delay.h>

int main (void)
{
        //Setup IO pins and defaults
        DDRD  = 0b11111111; //1 = output, 0 = input
        PORTD = 0b00000000; // set initial values
        while (1)          // While loop = while the statement in the brackets is true (1),
        {                //  excute what is in the curly brackets
                _delay_ms(250); // Wait half a second
                PORTD ^= 0x01;        // Toggle the 1st bit (The Bit with the LED),
        }                        //  turning the LED on or off
}

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Is that the code you wanted to show me last night? Thats pretty cool.

I had a stick of ram go bad last night in my laptop thats why I kept having to restart so much. Got it figured out and that stick of ram is now in the mockup box.

That's code I was trying to show you last night ;P

So a few weeks back Protostack contacted me about reviewing a few of their products on my site as well as some advertising space. He told me he would send me a care package of things to review and to send him a list of what else I would like. Here is what I got in from Australia yesterday. He also included a USBASP AVR programmer so if any of you Arduino guys fry your chip and need a new one programmed just send me a pm.

• 1x USBASP AVR Programmer
• 2x 5V power supply kit
• 3x Arduino Stacking header kit
• 1x ATMEGA168 Development Kit
• 1x LED 7 Segment Red 0.5" digit
• 1x HCF4511BEY - BCD-to-7 Segment Latch/Decoder/Driver
• 3x NE555 General-purpose single bipolar timer
• 2x ATMEL ATMEGA168-20PU 8 Bit 16K AVR Microcontroller
• 2x Prototyping Board, Full size, Style 1
• 2x Prototyping Board, Full size, Style 2
• 2x Prototyping Board, Half size, Style 1
• 1x 28 Pin AVR Development Board
• 2x Polarized Header 2 Pin Female
• 2x Polarized Header 2 Pin Male with right angle leads
• 6x 40 pin 2.54mm snappable single row header
• 3x IDC Male connector (shrouded header), 10 pin, right angle leads
• 3x IC Socket 24 pin 7.62mm (0.3")
• 1x IC Socket 16 pin 7.62mm (0.3")
• 3x IC Socket 8 pin 7.62mm (0.3")
• 4x Terminal block 2 pin
• 3x DC Jack 2.1 x 5.5mm

:O, holy pcb's batman! All of that is for a review? Who are these guys? They've got my attention. I'll be waiting for the review. :)

Protostack is a fairly new company out of Australia. They make some pretty nifty AVR dev / proto boards. The also make Stackable dev boards that have a breadboard hole layout so its simple to add other ICs.

Crenn is actually reviewing the AVR dev kit for me. They sent him one since I am still in the micro controller learning process. The cool thing about the dev kits is that if you already own an arduino board or a USBASP / ISP / UART programmer then you can have a bare bones arduino compatible for less than $17.

I don't think there is a UART programmer for the AVRs. I need to finish up that review so it can be reviewed xD.

I thought I read that you can program through the uart pins by bitwhacking

You're thinking of the FT232RL which is used in the arduino boards. While it's true you can bit bang the pins, it's actually connecting to the ISP socket and emulating the ISP signals. And of course, when we're using ISP, it's actually via the SPI interface most of the time.

< is not smart :(

Bah! You lie ;P

Just a teaser of something I soldered up yesterday. Expect something simi big in the next week or so.