Family of Minimalist Boards for AVR (MBAVR)

Sometimes it makes the most sense to design systems from the ground up, and other times when simplicity or a quick project completion is desired, pre-built system boards are a better choice. These four MBAVR development boards has been designed in order to create a minimalist and very useful environment to support a rapid development … Read more

Microcontrollers and pull-up / pull-down resistors

A pull-up resistor is a resistor connected between a signal conductor (GPIO) and a positive power supply voltage while a pull-down resistor is a resistor connected between a signal conductor and a ground. They are used on inputs to prevent floating lines, rapidly switching between high and low and a middle “undefined” region. Outputs normally do … Read more

ATtiny13 – controlling LED RGB | fancy light effects

This is a simple ATtiny13 project that controls LED RGB using Software PWM. In result It gives really nice and colourful light effect. In our circuit a LED cathodes are connected to PB0, PB1 and PB2 while common anode is connected to VCC. The code is on Github, click here. Parts Required ATtiny13  – i.e. … Read more

[MBAVR-4] Minimalist development board for Atmega16/Atmega32

Yet another quick how-to guide of making a minimalist development board for AVR. The MBAVR-4 development board is designed for megaAVR MCUs like Atmega16 and Atmega32. It is a 4th and last project in series of MBAVR family home-made boards in order to create an nice environment for rapid development. I did these all things … Read more

[MBAVR-3] Minimalist development board for ATmega8/ATmega88/ATmega168/ATmega328

This is another quick how-to guide of making a minimalist development board for AVR. This time is about MBAVR-3 development board designed for megaAVR MCUs like ATmega8, ATmega88, ATmega168 or ATmega328. It is a 3rd project in series of MBAVR familly home-made boards in order to create an nice environment for rapid development. I did … Read more