Standalone Arduino / ATMega chip on breadboard

Step 8 Credits and links

I hope you liked my Instructable and I hope it helps you. I know I wish I had something like this when I was first trying to figure this all out. I must say though I can't take all the credit - I must thank the Arduino product and website for making a great product. The Arduino website is a great source of information and is actually where I got a lot of information about the minimum required components to get a chip to work away from an Arduino board.

The other great source was at: ITP Physical Computing ... particularly the Arduino-specific web page.

And I can't forget the Getting Started with Arduino book that I mentioned in Step 7 - it was a great resource for getting me started with my Arduino.

And last but not least, if you've got this far, thank you for reading!

Comments

[johnpoole]

1ST reply here.. this is the best i've seen, not because others miss points but you're just getting started. you had to learn and document the steps as you went.. the results are great.. if you want to read a little on that cap you added to the power side, google pie filter.. old school to take the ripple out of any dc power supply.. your hardware side build is clear and precise.. thanks, keep playing with this and one day bill gates will work for you.. lol

[bhunter736]

I could re-iterate the previous comments, I agree completely. I would like to add that your use of photos is fantastic. You have included enough quality visual information that someone could simply mimic what you have done and have success! Very nice. :)

[snord]

Another similar tutorial is the
Beginning Embedded Electronics series on Sparkfun.

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorials.php

Beginning Embedded Electronics - #1
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=57

[Loki-me]

Thank you!! you are not a newby!  I have years of experience in both programing and electronics. I tried a few times to set up a circute like yours withouit sucess.
I concluded that there might be a requirement in the bootloader for the ftdi chip and quit tring. You succeeded!!!
I will now review my work to find my error.

Gre at job!!!

[sup_b]

WOW! I read this instructable to support you, rather than learn about Arduino. My expectations were to be confused and bored. How wrong I was. Your info was presented in such a clear, concise manner that you almost had me believing that I could do this project (with a little research of the components involved). The fact that I understood much of this tutorial, without really knowing most of the parts used is impressive in my book. Great job on your first instructable. You will only get better!

[domiflichi]

Thanks for the comment. And thanks for reading and the support!