Turning an Arduino of virtually any sort into a simple AVR 6-pin ISP programmer is old hat. But when Atmel came out with ... chips that are used as a USB-serial bridge on the Unos, and constitute ...

Designers who use AVR microcontrollers have no shortage of programming interfaces — we count at least five different methods: ISP/SPI ... your chips using an old USB Hub and a 74HCT00 NAND ...

I've been interested in getting into microcontroller programming lately, and I've been looking at Microchips PIC16F and PIC18F series (especially the PIC16F), and also Atmel's ATtiny and ATmega ...

The AVR UC3L, D, and A4 microcontrollers feature DSP instructions, USB connectivity, secure encryption, and capacitive-touch support. The UC3L consumes 165 μA/ MHz in active mode, as little as 600 nA ...

The Ubuntu Linux distribution has been ported to the cheapest and most portable platform yet: An Atmel ATmega microcontroller. Boasting a 20MHz 8-bit AVR processor, 128KB of flash storage and a ...

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today four new AVR ... allows ISP through the USB bus ...