Which board with a ATmega8a ?

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HJi there,

I am just starting wit robots and I bought a cheap robot kit.

the kit says that I have to install an Atmega8a chip on the breadbord.

I happen to have bought an Arduino nano that is equipped with Atmega328. I realized this afterwards. I have tons of problems with it, starting with the fact I do not manage to connect it to my computer but this is an other story.

In parallel, I am trying to buy a board with ATmega8a, 28 pins, but I cannot find which one I can buy. Is this the Arduino Uno ? It seems quite large to me ?

thanks for any support.

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The ATMega8A was used on early Arduinos. I'm not sure if it's still used on any Arduino versions. (There are so many now, it's hard to keep track.)
An ATMega328P should be fine, and is better supported.

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If the instructions call for an Atmega 8 on a breadboard, order an Atmega 8. I don't think you need an arduino with an Atmega 8.

Jimmy

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Plug the Atmega8 into an Uno, and select "ArduinoNG or older with Atmega8" from the bottom of the boards list (in 1.0.6; not sure about later IDE rev's.)

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CrossRoads:
Plug the Atmega8 into an Uno, and select "ArduinoNG or older with Atmega8" from the bottom of the boards list (in 1.0.6; not sure about later IDE rev's.)

I'd never noticed that option. It's still there in my IDE, v1.6.5.
It says: "ArduinoNG or older"
Then under "Processor", you can select either 'ATMega168' or 'ATMega8'.
Too easy. :slight_smile: