While the ATMega328 is “mega” for a microcontroller, it’s still a fairly limited platform. It has plenty of I/O and working memory for most tasks, but this Battleship game that [t… ...

First of all, follow the wiring indicator, just pick your USBasp programmer, and connect it to the Arduino board/ATmega328P chip. Note that the output socket/connection cable of the USBasp programmer ...

It takes the ATmega chip, adds the hardware necessary to get it talking to a computer over USB, and brings all the GPIO pins out with easy to manage header pins.

ATmega has some advantages over ATtiny, but mainly in capacity, not so much in features. Conversely, they're likely much easier to switch between than PIC16F and PIC18F<BR>7.

In this article, I'll be explaining the basics of how microcontrollers work, physically and virtually. First off, microcontrollers are no simple thing, so don't be discouraged if you find it mind ...