[sdiy] Nifty Arduinofamily device - Ardweeny

[Tom Arnold]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:58:18PM -0800, d b wrote:
> Any idea why they don't use the Optibootloader?

No idea.  I usually use a hacked version of AdaBoot just from laziness and
that its timing is a bit more relaxed.  Optiboot is a little picky on timing
to get into the bootloader.  Usually not a problem unless I'm doing
something by hand and have to hit the reset button and start a process.  Not
such an issue these days now that everything supports DTR toggling. ( or is
it RTS... whichever ).

That and I patched the loader for one of my projects so it would disconnect
internal connections from the serial port during the boot process so wiring
you might have on the serial port ( MIDI, etc ) wouldn't interfear with the
upgrade.

You could always drop them an email and ask.

 -Tom

> 
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
> > Wanted to mention this little guy since I've been eating'em like popcorn
> > lately.
> >
> > The Solarbiotics Ardweeny.
> >
> > Its a Mega328 with a little circuit board you solder on top that holds all
> > the arduino bits ( serial port, reset button ) and has the 16mhz resonator.
> > The chip still fits in a standard socket with no problem.
> >
> > I originally bought one to use while breadboarding, but at $10ea they are
> > cheap enough that I've just started using them in projects and leaving them
> > there.  If you are tight on space you can mount the parts under the board,
> > use a right angle connector and an SMD LED and shave 3mm or so.
> >
> > Its cheap enough and easy enough to deal with that I've started using'em to
> > replace logic.  Yeah, cleaner ways to do it but this is just so easy...
> >
> > http://www.solarbotics.com/products/kardw/
> >
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