Looking for a plug and play solution for burning bootloader and arduino programs onto atmega chips.
I've built a programmer on a breadboard using a nano clone (following [://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-nano-as-an-isp-programmer/]http://://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-nano-as-an-isp-programmer/]://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-nano-as-an-isp-programmer/](http://://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-nano-as-an-isp-programmer/)), but I need quite a few of them and don't have the time to solder lots of them.
It should be fairly simple to use as the users are young kids (clever ones though!)
I've never used 'big' arduinos with sheilds and the like, so I don't really know where to start - I want something with a socket they can put the chips in, program them, whip them out, then do the next one. I don't want something that requires soldering to create.
Also, ideally, it'd be based in the UK as I am based there and would like it quickly. Budget is fairly limited but sadly soldering them all is not an option.
Looking for a plug and play solution for burning bootloader and arduino programs onto atmega chips.
Once you have a bootloader you shouldn't need to worry about a programmer. Either get a FTDI cable, or use a USB-to-serial adapter on each board. For example:
The position of the lever during soldering is important, crucial.
If you solder it in the right way then it will snap open when you lift it, but the other way will result... sub-optimal performance.
(I can't remember if the lever should be up or down when soldering it in, this may vary by mfr. The last time I looked into this was around 15 years ago.))
If you have a loose socket and observe the pins while manipulating the lever you can see that they sway depending on the lever's position.
You can just put the ZIF socket, a 6 (2X3) pin header wired up to the socket for ICSP, a crystal and the 5V decoupling capacitors on a breadboard. Get a Usbasp cable and read all from a working chip then write all to the blank chips. I use eXtreme Burner software to read and write (it's free.) It's GUI, just click with the mouse. Takes less than 30 seconds to write each blank chip and it's so easy little kiddies can use it.
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