Newbie question on Standalone ATMega

Thanks all for all the info!

I also ordered the kit from dipmicro as suggested.

After "talking" to you I found this tutorial, that details what you have been explaining:

What bothers me is that it says: "Note that these techniques only work with the Arduino Duemilanove w/ an ATmega328, not the Arduino Uno (or older Arduino boards w/ an ATmega168)."

Now, the one I just ordered is precisely an Arduino Uno R3, but it has an ATmega328P.

I am puzzled, will it work?

Thanks

Luca