AVR Development Board - I'm not sure what I need

Oct 16, 2003 5 Replies
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After running many simulations in AVR Studio, I'm ready for the real deal. For my first project, I thought I would buy a pre-made development board using the Mavric-II

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, which will be more then enough for what I'm working on (motor movement for various robotic arms and a few sensors). As this is my first project, I'm not totally sure which programmer I should get. The ATAVRISP is relatively cheap and it works with the Atmega128, which comes on board the Mavric-II. Is this sufficient for a beginners needs?



I appreciate any advice,



Sean


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Yep, it's a great little device.

Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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Fao, Sean wrote: The Mavric series boards really look pretty good, and Brian offers some solid tool chain advice as well. Go for it.

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: After running many simulations in AVR Studio, I'm ready for the real deal. : For my first project, I thought I would buy a pre-made development board : using the Mavric-II :

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, which will be : more then enough for what I'm working on (motor movement for various robotic : arms and a few sensors). As this is my first project, I'm not totally sure : which programmer I should get. The ATAVRISP is relatively cheap and it : works with the Atmega128, which comes on board the Mavric-II. Is this : sufficient for a beginners needs?

: I appreciate any advice,

: Sean

============================================================================ * Dennis Clark dlc@frii.com www.techtoystoday.com * * "Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller" Mcgraw-Hill 2003 * ============================================================================
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deal.

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sure

Although he seems to offer some bad (IMHO) smt soldering advise. In all the howto there is not one mention of using flux.

Ralph

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What brand do you use? And what solder?

Thanks, Frank Bemelman (remove 'x' & .invalid when sending email)
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Hmmm - the solder I recommend on my site is a flux core solder. I've never needed to use any additional flux except for the tiny TSSOP chips, which I don't describe how to solder on my site. I've been meaning to describe those, just haven't had the time yet. I do use additional flux for those, but for all the stuff that I describe on my site I've never needed any additional flux than what is already in the core.

-Brian

Brian Dean, bsd@bdmicro.com BDMICRO - Maker of the MAVRIC ATmega128 Dev Board http://www.bdmicro.com/
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