Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Standalone AVR/ESP Programmer with LEMPA

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-standalone-avr-esp-programmer-with-lempa/

One of the challenges of developing and producing microcontroller-based hardware projects in a repeatable, small/medium volume, is the amount of work it takes to flash the MCUs with the required firmware. Another side of the problem for designers who work with diverse types of microcontrollers is the number of different kinds of programmers they need […]

AVRFT234 – Small AVR-ISP Programmer

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/avrft234-small-avr-isp-programmer/

A small avrdude compatible AVR-ISP programmer based on the FTDI FT234X which only needs a standard micro USB cable. found many fairly big/bulky AVR-ISP programmers in the “middle” of cables (USB cable->programmer->cable->[adaptor->]6-pin connector) but I wanted something compact for occasional use I could carry around and only needed a standard micro USB cable so I […]

Atmega32u4 Breakout Board Tutorial

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/atmega32u4-breakout-board-tutorial/

adafruit.com has published a new tutorial for their Atmega32u4 breakout board. It discuss on how to use it with AVRdude and how to setup and use it with Arduino IDE. We like the AVR 8-bit family and were excited to see Atmel upgrade the series with a USB core. Having USB built in allows the […]