Bareduino - Arduino Compatible Breadboard Microcontroller
Description
Pickup the kit at amazon.com/gp/product/B007AX97ZE
Or build it yourself with our parts list and schematics.
Instructions
• Bareduino 328 kit -> amazon.com/gp/product/B007AX97ZE
• Breadboard
• Jumper wires
• Grounding strap (chip is ESD sensitive)
• Time to dedicate to your Mad Scientist laugh (and build the circuit too).
Detailed instructions with pictures can be found at virtuabotix.com/feed/?p=407
Whats inside the kit, besides awesomeness?:
• 1 x P-DIP ATMEGA328P-PU programmed with Duemilanove Bootloader
• 3 x Through-Hole 22pF Capacitors (2 for crystal and 1 for Analog power smoothing)
• 1 x Through-Hole HC-49S 16 MHz Crystal (for clock)
• 1 x Through-Hole 1/4 Watt 22 K ohm resistor (for reset pullup)
• Printed instructions
Best of luck, and I hope you enjoy!
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Ten bucks isn't a bad deal if it's programmed with a bootloader. I programmed a AT328 using a Duemilanove wired to a breadboard per instructions on the Arduino site. Internal oscillator means no crystal, and only 8 MHz. Maybe I can finally retire my STK500 development system!
If you're willing to run at a slower speed, and use an external programmer (the bootloader doesn't like the slower speed) you can drop the caps and crystal if you run at 8Mhz, this means that all you realy need is the resistor and some way to program it (can even be done by another arduino)
Might be a good price for the kit if it contianed the mini-breadboard and jumper wires.
We will probably be selling it that way soon, but Amazon takes too big a cut for it to be sold directly through them for much cheaper. We ship the same day if you buy them directly, and then there only 6.95 (wich is only a couple dollars more than the chip on its own)
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I don't get it. There is nothing new here - people have been building their own Arduino-compatible boards for years... Here's one from 2008 that is referenced by many other sites including arduino.cc - http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tu...
If you do your research you can do it for less than $10 too.
*DONT_KNOW*
I never said I invented the AVR circuit. When I first got into electronics and wanted to move into embedded operations instead of buying a thirty dollar development board every time, I blew hundreds of dollars just trying to get to the point. I tried to save money by spending loads of cash.
It is true you can get everything for under ten dollars if you buy in bulk, then add shipping. Or if you are willing you can buy it for 6.95 in kit form. The amazon prime rate is different from direct.
Point in fact I simply wanted to provide something to the community, if someone is going to mak
e 100 embedded arduinos they probably will find a cheaper way to do it. But I for one know that in the microcontroller world, most efforts to save money end up with buying way more of something than any one person needs.