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USER GUIDE

ATMEGA8 PROJECT BOARD

USER GUIDE

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REVISION HISTORY
V ERSION 1

A UGUST 2013

T able of Contents
Overview ................................................................................. 1 Features .................................................................................. 2
Module SnapShot ........................................................................... 2

Connection Details ................................................................... 2

How to Program using ISP.............................................................. 2

More tools you may require ...................................................... 2 Index ........................................................................................ 4

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Overview

he ATMEGA Project Board is designed to work with ATMEGA8. The ATMEGA8 is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on the AVR enhanced RISC architecture. It executes powerful instructions in a single clock cycle and achieves throughputs approaching 1 MIPS per MHz allowing the system designer to optimize power consumption.

Features
Filter capacitor for brownout protection External Oscillator circuitry equipped for connecting Crystal Oscillators Reset switch Standard 6-Pin ISP header for programming I/O Expansion headers 21 Programmable I/O Line

Module Snapshot
P I C T U R E

How to Program using ISP

Following figure contains the Snapshot of the ATMEGA8 Project Board.

Connection Details

B L O C K D I A G R A M

The following diagram shows how to program using ISP. The project board has 6 pin Standard ISP connector.

I M P O R T A N T

1.
Additional tools
that may be required

While Programming, its better to use External Power Source, because USB port can only supply maximum current of 500mA.

More tools you may require

Users may use our low cost avrdude based USBAsp Insystem Programmer. Users may use our USB-Serial converter along with RS232-TTL converter board used to connect with Laptops and PCs without serial ports.
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