AVR Specific

• AVR Freaks
• DFU Programmer

• AVR Hacking
• GNU AVR libc
• WinAVR - AVR Development environment
• Includes the Programmers Notepad which is a replacement for the Arduino IDE
• A nice WinAVR tutorial focused on transitioning from Arduino IDE to Programmer's Notepad
  
• LUFA- USB libraries for AVR chips which support USB
  
• Install into WinAVR folder
• Example:
  
• USB to Serial driver
  

• Install LUFA driver for USB to Serial
  
• Device Manager, Right click on the device and install driver from
       C:\WinAVR-20100110\LUFA-130303\Projects\USBtoSerial
• Error - How to install a driver that does not contain digital signature information in Windows 8
• Turn off the check
• Hold the shift key while clicking on Restart
• Select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart
• After Restart select option 7
  
• FLIP
• Use to download compiled code (hex file) to board
• Make sure HWB is connected to ground
• Reset Application button in FLIP works

CAD/PCB Stuff

• KICAD

Stuff I Bought

• Arduino Uno Revision 3
• The Uno on the Arduino web site
• MakerShed = $30 plus $5 shipping (one week)
• RadioShack = $35, but you can buy one at 8 PM on a Saturday :)  

Wish List

• Ardweeny
• Pan and Tilt Kit with Hitec HS-311 Servos Sensor Mount 

• Picture

• Mounted to 4WD robot
• ServoCity SPT-100 Similar unit
• Video of Pan/Tilt

Favorite Arduino Vendors

• Adafruit
• Makershed
• Sainsmart
• Seeedstudio
  
• Sparkfun
• RobotShop
  

Arduino Links

• Arduino IDE on Ubuntu
• Arduino Tutorials
• Arduino Tutorials (tronixstuff site)
• Circular Menu in Arduino
• Parallax PMB-688 GPS Receiver Module With Cable ($40) 
• Parallax External GPS Antenna PMB-688 (SMB connector, 9 ft cable)

• Connecting a Parallax GPS module to the Arduino

• Serial LCD tutorial

• EtherTen - Arduino with Wiznet Ethernet built onto the board
• Arduino Language Reference
• LCD Example
• Adafruit
• Directory Structure - How to download programs and get them to run
• Updating existing libraries
• Changes in the Arduino 1.0 release: How to migrate
• Fixes error "error: WProgram.h: No such file or directory"
• Digilent clone parts 
• Analog Reference pin
• Hacking the kill-a-watt
• Power Measurement using Arduino
• Microchip MCP23017
• R-2R ladder for multiple switches on an analog input
• US Screw diameters
• Metric Screw diameters
• USB Virtual keyboard 
• Minimum loop() time 
• Store data in flash (program) memory instead of SRAM
• Virtual USB

Bug Fixes for Ububtu 12.04

• Ubuntu 12.04 - Troubleshooting USB and the grayed out Serial Port
• sudo usermod -a -G dialout myusername
• sudo usermod -a -G tty myusername
  
• Deprecated solution (need to do everytime):
• Changing the permissions on /dev/ttyACM0 to world readable and writeable fixed the grayed out serial port.
• I ran  sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyACM0 and the serial port menu worked again. 
• Fix slowness and menu bar color issue 

• Bug on avr-gcc compile
• ld: cannot find -lgcc
• locate libgcc
• add -L to the LD_FLAGS with the path from above
• LD_FLAGS += -L/usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/lib/gcc/avr/4.3.2/
• ld: cannot find -lm and ld: cannot find -lc
• locate libc.a or libm.a
• add -B to the LD_FLAGS
•  LD_FLAGS += -B/usr/lib/avr/lib/avr5/

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