I'm ashamed to say that I have just fitted an ATMega328 to my Arduino Uno, but got the orientation wrong !!!! (What a twit !! - I am now marking the pin 1 end with a blob of Tipp-ex on both chips and board to hopefully prevent this happening again. Have a damaged either the ATMega or the Arduino ?? …

Chip reversal !!!

LarryD January 23, 2013, 10:48pm 10

Helps to paint a large white large dot near pin one of the chip and the PCB.

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