[sdiy] Which programable chip?

[Jason Proctor]

well you *can* do it that way :-)

but check out the other Arduino form factors. i'm using a USB 
Boarduino for my module, powered from an MOTM power connector via a 
regulator. when i want to update the sketch, i just plug the USB in 
and run up the IDE. no need to chip-swap at all.

also check out the Arduino Nano - same circuit but implemented in SMT 
and then parked in a DIP package with a mini USB port. very cool but 
twice the price of a Boarduino.

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardNano





>Hmm... I've looked at the Arduino a bit here and there before. It 
>looks like (correct me if I'm wrong) that I can program a chip 
>loaded with the Arduino bootloader, pull it out of the Arduino board 
>and given that there's a 16MHz chrystal involved, plug it into a 
>board with the rest of my circuit on it.
>
>-Ian