[MakeLV] Cheap arduino's anybody?

[Jared Steckel]

All,

Apologies if Im confused about what we were talking about, but I believe it's the arduino class we want to put together.

The original plan for our arduino class was to use the Boarduino.  There are two in my locker (makes @gimps) that Jeff and I were going to use to develop the curriculum.

For sourcing the kits for the class, we got the parts list and were considering getting the empty pcb from Adafruit (5 bucks) and the parts from digikey or the like.

Seems like Will has much more experience in this area than us, so feel free to change the plan - sounds like you've got great ideas.

I do think its important to consider the effect of programming chips etc on the time it will take to get the class ready, and how the depth of the course will effect the level of interest to the Everyman.

One of the initial reasons for getting started on the class was a request that came from Dave at DaVinci to train some educators there.

J (mobile)

On Nov 8, 2012, at 9:29 AM, William Weik <wweik at lutron.com> wrote:

> Is the idea that we would teach people to program the ATMega's themselves or have them ready for when the class would begin?
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> -Will W
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> From: Makelehighvalley [mailto:makelehighvalley-bounces at makelehighvalley.com] On Behalf Of Will
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 9:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MakeLV] Cheap arduino's anybody?
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> I would be ordering just the loose chips. To put the chips on a board and solder something down is $5 in parts more. The point of what I am trying to accomplish is have something setup for rapid development that is cheaper than what Mitch even had people do with the TV B Gone. I am using the bread board to program the boot loader which saves about 40 cents per chip minimum. I would use a socket on a board to do the same thing but the leads on a fresh chip are more prone to bend in a socket over a bread board.
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> The materials listed out side of the chip is all that is needed to make a boot loader board. After the boot loader all the chip needs is power and the chip itself to get started.
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> -Will C
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> On Nov 8, 2012 8:58 AM, <rsjames at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> I might be interested.  Are you ordering just the loose Atmel chips, or mounted on boards?
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> R. S. James
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Will 
> Sent: Nov 7, 2012 7:45 PM 
> To: Build things for fun! 
> Subject: [MakeLV] Cheap arduino's anybody? 
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> So at my time at the space, I have concluded that my little programmer I built suffers from a wiring problem because I wan't using sufficient materials (soldering tips of stranded wire in a bread board). However, good news is that I have the basics up and running and found out how to use my AVR programmer in windows.  
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> I will be ordering some parts but I would like to know who else at the space would be interested in a cheap arduino? Once I order the chips (really chip) I will upload the boot loader in which case anyone can program using either Arduino or AVR programs on the chip.
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> For any future arduino classes, I believe this would be the ideal way work with arduino's in a work shop setting. For power supplies, I think we should look for old cell phone chargers and convert them (cut off tip, make bread board header, add capacitor). In the end, we have an arduino that fits on a bread board :). 
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> If anyone else is interested in doing what I am, I am currently writing instructions right now on what has been done. Materials for this project are as follows. 
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> AVR MKII programmer clone V2: http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/boards/USBTiny_Mkii/USBTiny_Mkii_index.php
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> Atmega 328: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/ATMEGA328-PU/ATMEGA328-PU-ND/2271026
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> Bread board: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TW-E40-1020/438-1045-ND/643111
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> Add some solid core 22 gauge hook up wire and you have everything you need. 
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> In my locker at the space, you can find a bread board set up for use with my programmer (I have the bread board connector from the same site as the programmer). I'll be placing a digikey order so if anyone else is interested please let me know and I can order your chip. 
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> -Will
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