Arduino bootloader
What is the arduino bootloader ? It’s the thing that loads stuff when booting. Done Not funny you say ? … ok , ok I’ll try this again… It’s a special program that on boot waits for a signal from the PC that is connected to …
Tag: ATmega328P
ATmega power consumption (I)
A few days ago I received a special request. It was about a circuit running on an ATmega328 that was supposed to replace and improve upon an circuit based on the much older ATmega8. One of the requirements for the older circuit was an as low as possible power consumption. …
Arduino – hardware basics
Now, after singing the praises of working with an Arduino in the first article of this series , let’s get to know some hardware basics. ATmega328P AVR- The brain of the thing The ATmega328P AVR microcontroller is the “brain” of the Arduino UNO. This is what you program , …