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AVR-USB   Oct 12,2006
     AVR-USB is a library for AVR microcontrollers to allow them to communicate via USB with no additional hardware.

D-Tools   Dec 29,2005
     D-Tools is Stanford Design School's entry into the microcontroller module market. D-tools is based on the Atmel microcontrollers, like Wiring and Arduino.

Mignon Game Kit   Dec 29,2005
     The Mignon Game kit is an Atmel-based game board. It's got a simple LED display and a few buttons, and is designed for beginners to start writing handheld video games on it in BASCOM's AVR BASIC.

Programming AVR Microcontrollers on a Macintosh (Getting Started)   Apr 16,2005
     In each case, there will be a configure file that comes with the package that checks your machine to see that the software can successfully compile, and a make file (called "makefile") that does the actual work.... Change directories to uisp: cd uisp-20050207 Run the configuration file: ./configure And the make file: make And finally, the install: make install At this point, you've got everything installed to program the AVR microcontrollers.

Serial Communication in OSX Terminal   Feb 13,2006
     I knew it had to be possible to view serial data in the OSX terminal window, but I'm not enough of a unix geek to figure it out.... Here's how to read and send serial data from the terminal in OSX: First, open Terminal.

Wiring/Arduino   Jun 30,2005
     Wiring is Hernando Barragán's open-source development platform for the Atmel Atmega128, based on Processing.... Arduino is an expansion of Wiring by Massimo Banzi, David Cuartieles, Dave Mellis, and Nick Zambetti.