Bus Pirate as ICSP Programmer

NOTE:  This article was written for the Arduino 022 IDE, not for the release 1.0.  Things are now quite a lot simpler in the 1.0 IDE, so this article will be getting a severe editing once I get to retest everything.  Stay tuned.

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Bus Pirate Received!

Just got my delivery made, and now I have a Sparkfun Bus Pirate!  One thing I noticed straight away is that the cable provided has exactly the same colour scheme as the original Seeedstudio version, but the shroud on the 10-pin header is reversed, meaning that all the colours were swapped.

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Arduinoven – Board Ordered!

Well, I’ve put in an order for version 1.0 (the release version) of the Arduinoven PCB with MakePCB.  I’ve updated the sch and brd files on my GoogleCode site with the release versions that I sent for manufacturing, but I’ll refrain from screenshots and pictures until I’ve got the board in my hands and have actually tested it.

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Arduinoven – Whoops!

I’ve been finalizing the prototyping stage of the Arduinoven, and I’ve discovered something that’s pretty obvious to someone who has worked with thermocouples before.  Not obvious to me though, until now.

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Arduinoven – Status Update

 Been a while since I’ve posted about the Arduinoven project I’m working on.  I’ve got a prototype PCB laid out, which is of the appropriate form factor to fit into a Sparkfun Project Case.  The board is a two-layer design, with all through-hole components.  I’ve adjusted the design to use a MAX232 RS232 converter instead of the discrete component RS232-to-TTL adapter (this saves a little space and makes soldering easier).  The full feature list appears below.

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