Charlie King wrote:> > It does, thank you - I will read avidly. > > By the way, not only is your reply helpful but your name also > reminded me of 50% of one of my favorite programming teams ever :) > > Cheers >If you are thinking of a certain space faring game then that was not me. Ian -- Ian Bell
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Charlie King wrote:> All of which got me interested in how the thing works at a hardware > level - something in which I have no experience at all. I would like > to learn more.have a look at: http://www.dontronics.com/dt006.html free schematics, free software, simple programming circuit for AVR's. Don... -- Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics RS-232 to VGA. Many resolutions http://www.dontronics.com/micro-vga.html USB to RS232 Converter that works http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html
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> The STK500 is a really nice and very low cost proto board that can be > programmed directly from AVR studio. Usual LED's and IO headers for > trying out your IO. Note however that it does not have a JTAG port > (oddly) - although you can buy an adaptor to fit on one of the pin > headers.The STK500 was designed before the AVR got a JTAG port and AFAIK, it was easier to design a small adapter than to change the STK500. -- Best Regards, Ulf Samuelsson ulf@a-t-m-e-l.com This message is intended to be my own personal view and it may or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:45:08 +0000, in <d272f8$ph1$1@slavica.ukpost.com> (comp.arch.embedded) Ian Bell <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:> If you are thinking of a certain space faring game then that was not me.I'd figured as much, but you reminded me of the other one nonetheless, prompting me to go on a nostalgic nose around the web :) -- Charlie
