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Notes from a Novice

When I began looking towards electronic development, I felt like I was staring into the abyss or a wild storm, whirling with information. It can be difficult to sift through all the data given by today’s search engines and it is even more difficult determining what is valuable and what is waste. In an attempt to facilitate the entry into electronic development, I will chronicle the stages I have gone through and provide the resources and experiences to you, another novice quivering on the edge of oblivion.

Forgive the format. Most information will be sloppy and only later will I be able to massage it into some sort of presentable format. These notes do two things: Inform others; and serve as my auxiliary memory. So, do not be alarmed if these notes make no sense or are brief.

Sloppy Notes:

  • (Link) How to wire up an AVR programmer to an Atmel AVR chip (6 pin and 10 pin connection).
  • (Link) How to install the LibUSB driver for the USBTinyISP programmer.
  • (Link) How to use USBTinyISP with AVRDude.
  • (Link) How to use External Interrupts (aka. How to get input from a button without polling).