Pro Mini IDE Board Choice

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi all,

I've just got several ATMega328 5V 16MHz Pro Mini clones to try out on a couple of projects I have in mind.
I'm intending to program via a UNO (with chip removed) using the suggested connections below:

UNO Pro Mini
GND ----> GND
5V ----> VCC
RX ----> RXI
TX ----> TX0
RESET ----> DTR

I'm happy enough with that part of things, and now I want to program the Pro Mini with an existing sketch that I have previously used successfully before with an ATMega328 standalone board.

My question (at last!) is that, when uploading the program from the IDE via the UNO board, do I select "UNO" or "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini (5V, 16 MHz) w/ ATmega328" from the Tools>Board menu? Does it matter?

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You are using the UNO only as a USB-to-TTL-Serial cable. You select Pro Mini.

3

Thats great, many thanks for that John :slight_smile:

I suspected it would be that choice, but I thought it better to ask people more knowledgeable than I to confirm it before I screw up try it out!

Bernie