A Review of Atmel Studio 7
A Review of Atmel Studio 7 New things excite me! Even if they aren’t relevant to what I’m working on, I can’t help taking a peek to see what they’re about, how they’ve improved, and what cleverness has been included …
How Arduino digitalWrite Works – and why AVR is Faster
How Arduino Simplifies Digital I/O – and why AVR is Faster Have you ever wondered exactly what happens under the hood when you execute a digitalWrite() call on your Arduino UNO? This post gives you a quick look behind the …
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How to Debug your AVR Project with the Atmel-ICE
How to Debug your AVR Project with the Atmel-ICE Microcontroller projects are complex beasts: the combination of hardware and software gives bugs plenty of room to hide from you. If you’ve ever struggled to debug your AVR microcontroller projects then …
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It’s Tough being a Maker of Embedded Things
It’s Tough being a Maker of Embedded Things As a fellow electronics enthusiast, I wonder if you ever feel the same way that I sometimes do? That there are so many more people working on so many more projects than …
How to Use AVR Fuses – and Understanding What They Do
How to Use AVR Fuses – and Understanding What They Do Avoid frustration and get over the fear with this quick guide to AVR Fuses. If you’ve been working with AVR microcontrollers, it’s likely that you’ve come across references to …
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Troubleshooting an Embedded System
Busted by a Battery How two Batteries taught me how NOT to troubleshoot a problem I’m sure that you, along with most hobbyists, enthusiasts, and even embedded engineers, have had kick-yourself-afterwards moments. I did well recently, with two such moments …
How to Choose a PCB Design Tool
5 Steps to Choosing an EDA Tool Sooner or later, as an enthusiast, you’re probably going to look at designing your own Printed Circuit Boards – and if you don’t already use an EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool, you could …
Goodbye Arduino, Hello AVR
Go Beyond the Arduino The Arduino is a great prototyping platform, and can get you building projects probably faster than any other platform out there. I cut my teeth on an Arduino UNO, and was like a kid on a …
Getting Started with the MSP-FET
Start debugging with your MSP-FET So you’ve bought your MSP-FET (Flash Emulation Tool) so that you can program and debug your MSP430 projects. Now what? I had been using my LaunchPads for most of my MSP430 projects, but when I …
Better Prototyping with your Atmel AVR
A Trio of T-Boards (image courtesy of Elektor Magazine)
Get your AVR Project Going Faster I’ve been working with AVR microcontrollers for years, and was lucky enough to be a bit lazy – laziness surely is the mother of invention! After a few iterations, I came up with the …