I need a arduino pro mini for my project. I have a board from a line follower robot that uses atmega8, can I use it to run atmega328 by simply replacing the ic?
Maybe,
We need to know more about your line follower board.
this is the link for follower bot image.
Hi,
Looking at the original board I notice a 12 MHz crystal.
You may have to replace that since most arduinos run at 16 MHZ.
It's not clear to me what you would like to do with an pro mini btw.
It has a different size and pins probably aren't located on the same place as the original controller. You could, in theory, remove socket and wire all pins between pro mini and controller board, but replacing the DIP-chip with an DIP 328-chip will probably be a lot easier though.
Unfortunately a picture isn't the best info to check what's possible, a schematic would tell much more. Do you have a link to more info ?
Why bother?
Pro mini's are cheap.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Interactive-Media-for-Arduino-PRO-MINI-Modified-ATMEGA328P-5-V-16-M-/141395440119?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ebd331f7
thanks for the help guys, I've decided to buy a new board since chances of working of the other board are pretty low.