:: Board Setup and Configuration ::

Datasheets

• ATmega48/88/168
  • Summary datasheet pdf.
  • Complete datasheet pdf.
• ATmega48P/88P/168P
  • Summary datasheet pdf.
  • Complete datasheet pdf.
• ATmega328/328P
  • Summary datasheet pdf.
  • Complete datasheet pdf.
• ATmega640/1280/1281/2560/2561
  • Summary datasheet pdf.
  • Complete datasheet pdf.

ArduinoPinCurrentLimitations Important information about the limitations on current per pin with Arduino.

Connecting & Powering Arduino

• ArduinoMini - how to connect and program the Arduino Mini in various ways.
• Much research has gone into answering the question: what kind of power adapter can I use on my Arduino?
• Make your own 9V battery adapter for powering the Arduino
• Arduino can be powered for days or more with a really Big Battery
• How to preserve power by putting your arduino to sleep
• Arduino and XBee Battery Test Results - results on how long various types of batteries last when running under different configurations and code.
• Uploading to Arduino Uno under Windows 2000 - Techniques the author has used for successfully dealing with the Windows 2000 USB driver incompatibility issue.

Building and Modifying Arduino type boards.

• LeoShield Using older shields with the Arduino Leonardo, MEGA and Due
• Retrofitting Auto Reset
• Bare Bones Board upgrade for auto Reset
• How to build a minimal Standalone Arduino on a breadboard or perfboard using only a few simple parts.
• UK suppliers/part numbers for components for a standalone board
• Disabling auto reset on serial connection
• Assembling the Freeduino USB board
• The Paperduino-Uno is a Paper-PCB board based on a simple strip board. One can turn the auto reset on and off.

The components of Arduino boards

• The various types of memory on an Arduino board
• The digital pins on an Arduino board and what it means for them to be configured as inputs or outputs.
• The analog input pins on an Arduino board

Arduino Firmware and modifications

• Make Arduino-0007 sketches smaller
• Using the AVR ISP mkII (USB) to burn the bootloader on MacOS X
• You can turn an Arduino into a programmer for other targets.
• you can programe attiny using these Programing ATTiny Chips
• Here is a tutorial on how to change the name or security code of your Arduino BT module.

Bootloader

• Bootloading and loading sketch on atmega328P with Arduino mega2560 as ISP http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=187001.0
• Wolf Paulus has an excellent tutorial here on burning the bootloader onto the Atmega168
• A tutorial on how to burn the bootloader using AVR Studio 4 and an AVRISP mkII programmer.
• A tutorial by Sajin George on how to make your own Arduino Serverino using any programer Like USBasp or MkII with AVRDUDE and burning your first Program on Instructables .
• Another tutorial using AVR Studio 4 and an AVRISP mkII programmer, this time to burn the bootloader on an Arduino Bluetooth, aka the Arduino BT.
• Tutorial using AVRISP mkII on Ubuntu Dapper for both ATmega8 and ATmega168, by Margritt 0j0 aka ladybug
• There is also a tutorial in how to run the AVRISP mkII on MACOSX here
• Overview to different programmers to burn the bootloader
• Make a Boot Cloner
• How to burn the bootloader without external AVR-Writer. Burning the bootloader with Avrdude FTDI bitbang right on the NG/Diecimila/Duemilanove PCB.
• Using auto reset with FTDI cables on Linux / MAC
• Turn your Diecimila into an AVR Writer using FTDI bitbang
• only UsbTinyIsp and an Arduino board to burn bootloader on a blank 168p ArduinoBootloader168P
• Carga del Bootloader utilizando ArduinoISP. Para convertir nuestra placa en una "Arduino compatible" y así poder utilizar el entorno de programación Arduino, deberemos cargar en el chip el bootloader del ATMega32U4.
• The bootloader design of Arduino Due explained
• Understanding avrdude output (annotated verbose output from avrdude loading blink sketch).
• Arduino-AVRISPmkII-fix - workaround for the avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" error when burning bootloader with AVRISP mkII.
• Alternative Bootloaders
  • ADABOOT is a free universal bootloader that will run on any Arduino or compatible ATmega168 hardware. It is a derivative of the Arduino NG bootloader, with modifications by Lady Ada and Brian Riley, to handle auto-reset, direct to sketch on power-up, and other mods. For details, source, hex and make files check the webpage.
  • Ariadne allows uploading of sketches to the Arduino via Ethernet(TFTP) using Arduino Ethernet/Ethernet Shield/W5100 as well as standard serial upload.
    • Boards Manager URL: https://per1234.github.io/Ariadne-Bootloader/package_codebendercc_ariadne-bootloader_index.json
  • TFTP Bootloader alternative 1 bootloader to use the Arduino Ethernet Shield or the Arduino Ethernet Board with a bootloader that will allow upgrading the Firmware via TFTP.
  • avr_boot SD card bootloader for ATmega processors.
    • Boards Manager URL: https://zevero.github.io/avr_boot/package_zevero_avr_boot_index.json

Alternative Hardware

• Tutorial using an Arduino (as an ISP) along with the IDE to program ATtiny chips
• Blog post on running Arduino on ATmega1284P--when 2k RAM isn't enough.
• FioV3 with Bluetooth or Wifi modules

Arduino and the Raspberry Pi

• The Paper-Duino-Pi is a Arduino shield for the Raspberry Pi. Due to the fact that it is designed as Paper-PCB it is easy to create and one doesn't need a printed circuit board.