A Direct AVR Parallel Access, or DAPA cable, is an incredibly simple and cheap programming method. You can build one very quickly for a few bucks worth of parts, but the convenience comes with a few ...

When it comes to the tools you use to write, compile and upload code for microcontrollers, there is, as Hank Hill would say, “really no wrong way to do it”. Over the years I’ve tried several ...

How to Program an AVR board and How to read Datasheet? Here is the link to what we have discussed in the last blog and what are all things required to start with programming an AVR. Since in last ...

Not just for nerds, anyone with an interest in electronics, computers, or engineering can build a circuit to blink an LED or read a temperature sensor. The NerdKit will walk you through building the ...

Whether you are creating a small Internet appliance, some hardware instrumentation, data loggers or an army of autonomous robots to do your bidding, in numerous situations you need the flexibility of ...

Developers, programmers and hobbyists searching for a standalone AVR Programmer may be interested in a new piece of hardware called the Program-O-Tron created by Ewan Fisher base in the United Kingdom ...

This circuit is intended to program AVR controllers such as the AT90S1200 via the parallel port. The circuit is extremely simple. IC1 provides buffering for the signals that travel from the parallel ...

Designers who have traditionally used Microchip’s PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and developed with the MPLAB ecosystem can now easily evaluate and incorporate AVR MCUs into their applications. The ...

It’s assumed that you have procured one USBasp Programmer from your trusted component vendor! Connecting the programmer to your computer comprises of two steps. First step is the physical connection ...