Unlike Sparkfun, who actually manage to find fake Atmel ICs, we just get strange batches. The Atmel ATMega328 is the power behind the Arduino/Freeduino/*duino, and we have to set up a programming system to burn the venerable Arduino Bootloader into these chips. We normally use an AVR STK500 in HVSP (high voltage serial programming) mode, […]
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Dave Hrynkiw
August 16, 2005
And so closes a great 5 year run, my thanks goes to Dave & Cheryl for all they have provided, to our interesting customers and the friends I have made along the way.
I do plan on remaining quite active in the robotics field and attend what competitions and events I can.
If you have any burning questions to ask me directly you can reach by
my webpage will still be updated from time to time.
I tell ya, I will miss designing and building robots on a daily basis, the canine companionship and the hundreds of robots around me. It's been fun.
TTFN,
GrantM.
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