[sdiy] request for help re arduino module pcb

[Olav Martin Kvern]

Paul Anderson wrote: "It can be dramatically simplified if you wish, as 
well."

If you don't need to reprogram the chip or communicate with a computer, you 
can deploy a minimal Arduino/Freeduino with just the microcontroller, a 
socket, two capacitors, a crystal, and a resistor. That's about as simple as 
it gets!

That's what I do--use the Arduino board for development, then, when I'm done 
debugging, I pull the microcontroller and put it in a socket in a minimal 
board that has the buttons/pots/encoders/lcds/etc. that I want to use. 
Several outfits (sparkfun, for example) sell ATmega 168s/328s with the 
Arduino bootloader already on them (the extra 1K of memory in the 328 is a 
good thing, by the way, as it's very easy to run out of memory in the 168).

Thanks,

Ole