I would like to start with Atmel AVR's, so I need some cheap development board. Something like this:
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max 100 USD.Do you have any recomendation?
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Cheap AVR development board
Sep 07, 2008
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A lot depends on how much you need or want in the way of a dev board or how much you have laying around the workbench that you don't need to buy again. Note that Sparkfun resells the Olimex boards; you may want to go directly to Olimex, of course.
There's this, for example: which doesn't include the AVR chip (pick your own) or in-system programmer (pick your own).
Might also consider the STK500 (available from a variety of sources),
if you are using a PC with a real serial port. Buttons, switches, RS232, sockets for all DIP AVRs, and it can be used as an in-system programmer for a chip mounted on another board. Plus it is capable of doing parallel programming of the AVRs, which could be useful if a chip's fuse settings get totally dorked (usually by a new user) and it no longer responds to the normal serial in-system protocol.
Atmel also has daughter/extender boards for the STK500 to permit working with the surface-mount ATmega64 chips and up, as well as a little CAN interface add-on, and others.
But, AFAIK, USB->serial dongles won't work; you need a real serial port.
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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For help with your decision compare the starter kits available at this web site with your mega8535.
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Hioward
After all, I think I'll take this one:
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