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Rachel Nations is making (almost) anything.

Embedded Programming

This week, we took our hello.echo boards and made them do something.

  • Project: Read a microcontroller data sheet. Program your board to do something.
  • Tools: FabISP, Arduino (software)

I first jumped into this assignment trying to use my original hello.echo board.

Project 01a

However, my soldering job and routing were giving me a lot of problems when i first tried to program the board. Because of this, I decided to remake/route/mill/stuff my board so I actually had a chance of getting it working.

Project 01b
New board!

After making the board, my soldering skill (or lack thereof) continued to give me a lot of trouble. I had to make two FABISPs before I was able to program the new board. Additionally, I didn't realize at first that Arduino pins and ATTiny pins map differently, which messed me up for a bit. However, with lots of TA assistance, I got my LED to blink!

Project 01c
It blinks!
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