Finished the FT232R to FTDI-Cable adapter I blogged about earlier.  Assembly was trivial - I just soldered female pin headers to a piece of prototype board and jumpered it all with some hookup wire.

SAFETY WARNING:  Mains voltage (particularly in Australia, where it’s 240V) can kill.  This is not a joke.  Improperly handling this equipment could result in severe injuries to yourself or others.  This post is just for information purposes and does not constitute an instruction guide.  I can accept no responsibility for any harm or loss that may be incurred through attempting to do the below.  Please, please, please be careful.

Received the bulk of the remaining parts yesterday, so now I’ve got my motors, ESCs, and props.  What I wound out getting was;

Now that I’ve got the shield put together, the next step is to design and build a frame and container for the MCU and other electronics.

In my last post on the topic, I assembled the majority of the ArduinoISP shield I’d prototyped.  Last night, I finished assembly, and attached an ICSP header to it for performing the last step.

This post has been delayed for a few days because I was awaiting my replacement BMA180 Accelerometer breakout board.  I had soldered in the gyo and other components, but held off on this final post until I’d got it all finalized.  The short story?  It works!  Read on for a couple of pics and comments.