Adafruit released a newer and smaller ATtiny programmer – UPDI Friend

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/adafruit-released-a-newer-and-smaller-attiny-programmer-updi-friend/

If you have ever programmed an AVR microcontroller with a USB to serial adapter, you should know how it sometimes gets messy with all the data and power wires. Therefore, Adafruit created a UPDI programmer tool that can program newer tinyAVR and megaAVR chips with only 3 wires! What is UPDI? UPDI stands for Unified […]

CH340E, A New Small Serial to USB Chip

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/ch340e-new-small-serial-usb-chip/

WCH, a Chinese integrated circuits manufacturer, has just released a new serial to USB chip called CH340E. Unlike other CH340 chips, it doesn’t require an external crystal and also needs less PCB space and BOM. CH340 is a 3x3mm tiny chip comes in MSOP10 package and has 10 pins. Although it is smaller than other alternatives, it is […]