[sdiy] request for help re arduino module pcb

[Olav Martin Kvern]

Paul Anderson wrote: "Of course, a programmer like the USBtinyISP is very 
inexpensive(about  $30), and the arduino board as I recall has an ICSP 
connector on it.  You can plug the blank chip in, hook up the USBtinyISP and 
burn the
bootloader."

Sure--I have one of those, and highly recommend it. My point was just that 
there are cases where you don't need all of the infrastructure. It doesn't 
sound like that'll work for Jason's project, though.

Paul also wrote: "I think we may both be misunderstanding each other:P  What 
exactly do you want to do with the arduino, etc.?  I'm not sure I've 
understood  your goal:)"

I think I'm misunderstanding both of you.:-)

It sounds like what Jason really needs is a "shield" (i.e., daughterboard) 
that plugs into an existing Arduino board. It seems to me that that gets you 
compatibility at low cost. But I could still be misunderstanding.

Thanks,

Ole