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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: proton on January 06, 2010, 05:41:24 AM

Title: designing programmer
Post by: proton on January 06, 2010, 05:41:24 AM

i  want to  design the programmer  needed for atmega8  microcontroller  mentioned  in  $50 robot  tutorial..

plz  help me..
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: SmAsH on January 06, 2010, 05:48:22 AM
Your best bet for a diy programmer would be parallel interfaced, read this:
http://circuitgizmos.com/wordpress/?p=272 (http://circuitgizmos.com/wordpress/?p=272)
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: HyperNerd on January 06, 2010, 08:47:00 AM
WOW that's simple!

I might make one of those just to have lying around...

 -HyperNerd
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: GearMotion on January 06, 2010, 09:02:30 AM
Serial port version, if you have a serial port on your PC motherboard instead of a parallel port: http://circuitgizmos.com/wordpress/?p=452 (http://circuitgizmos.com/wordpress/?p=452)
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: HyperNerd on January 06, 2010, 09:34:22 AM
Meh, the serial version is way more complicated ;D

 -HyperNerd
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: SmAsH on January 06, 2010, 05:39:34 PM
I used one of the parallel port programmers up until i got my stk500 ;D
Title: Re: designing programmer
Post by: GearMotion on January 07, 2010, 09:13:47 AM
The parallel programmer (any of the four types) is very easy to assemble, and very inexpensive. For someone on a limited budget that has a PC/laptop with a parallel port, this is a great way to get into microcontrollers. About $5 (or less) for a programmer, and about $5 (or less) for an AVR.

Great way to start learning about microcontrollers.