serial programmer question.... atmegas

[jamort]

ok so I like to work on 5 projects or so at the same time.... and I really think its a waste of money buying a bunch of serial programmers to add onto each board... so my question is were i normally use atmega 8  or 16 can I build a board with a socket to put the ic chip in and program it then put it in the actual board that im using... I see tools online about removing the chips but nothing about actually doing something to this extint and hope you'll can understand what I'm saying

[Joker94]

i don't see why not

but some projects it may be easier to have the MCU permanent

if you are building a robot for a competition that requires a demonstration and/or has strict guidelines that requires a serial port on the actual bot make sure that you don't cut corners.

some one in a comp i entered did what your tallking about and when they found he did not follow the guidelines they disqualified him

[Soeren]

Hi,

ok so I like to work on 5 projects or so at the same time.... and I really think its a waste of money buying a bunch of serial programmers to add onto each board...

Just make one programmer and an ICSP socket on each board.
Something like http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/avrtargetboards

[Razor Concepts]

I got tired of wiring ICSP headers on protoboard, I had wires going everywhere that just made everything messy. So I made this chip piggyback thing:




This way I can completely skip the ICSP header, and even make circuits and program them all on bread boards. When I want to program I just put it right on top of the chip and connect the ICSP programmer.

[jamort]

i like the design RAZOR... I was hoping to have something just to stick it in and program it.. normally i only have to program each chip three times so unless its not upright i dont think it will hurt to have it loosely fit as long as it makes connections....

[SmAsH]

why not just rig up a small board with a regulator, 28 pin socket and the programmer headers?

[jamort]

thats basically what i said in my post
just hard to understand lol

[chelmi]

thats basically what i said in my post
just hard to understand lol

My advice: use a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket like this one: http://futurlec.com/Sockets/ZIFU28.shtml
It's a bit more expensive but you won't regret it.

[jamort]

thats basically what i said in my post
just hard to understand lol

My advice: use a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket like this one: http://futurlec.com/Sockets/ZIFU28.shtml
It's a bit more expensive but you won't regret it.

that looks like the best bet....