Assembling the Dragon Rider 500 for use with the AVR Dragon

Step 2: The Package Arrives

The Dragon Rider 500 arrived and here's what's in the box:

• High-quality Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
• Basic Parts Kit
• Advanced Parts Kit
• LED and Button Add-on Kit
• RS232 Add-on Kit
• Power Supply Add-on Kit

The High-quality pcb is truly the highest of quality. The parts are also top notch, even the pin headers are pre-tinned. This makes ordering the parts from Ecros a smarter idea than trying to source them yourself. That being said, it looks like the only thing that you might not already have in a spare parts box would be the 2x5 2x3 and 2x10 pin header sockets used to attach the Dragon Rider 500 to the AVR Dragon.

The Dragon Rider page has a list of the add-on packages that includes a complete parts list. I will be detailing every add-on package except the LCD add-on as I do not have that available to me.

Update: The LCD and Ribbon Cable kits were sent to me by Graham Davies of Ecros Tech with his compliments. I have added these kits to step 14 and 15.

Update 2: I just heard from Graham over at Ecros Tech, the PCB actually has gold contacts... (bling bling). That means the contacts will not oxidize like copper would if left unsoldered for a while.