Comments on: New Kit! USBtinyISP, a USB AVR programmer http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/ afowejfaiwuehfakjnfa Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:20:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: brainfart http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3497 brainfart Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:45:14 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3497 So I guess I'm going to buy it anyway and try to squeeze in as many other projects PCBs as possible without further raising the shipping cost. Thank god the $$$ to €€€ rate is the way it is right now so this poor student will not end up broke due to buying too much toys he doesn't actually need! > Don’t forget, its an open source project, so you can always just build it yourself! :) You're being way too nice! I have this thing for Valley girl engineers that appeal to my open source instincts! 8) Great business model to reel in all the geeks! (Wanna have my baby? Oops sorry, nevermind...) So I guess I’m going to buy it anyway and try to squeeze in as many other projects PCBs as possible without further raising the shipping cost. Thank god the $$$ to €€€ rate is the way it is right now so this poor student will not end up broke due to buying too much toys he doesn’t actually need!

> Don’t forget, its an open source project, so you can always just build it yourself! :)

You’re being way too nice!
I have this thing for Valley girl engineers that appeal to my open source instincts! 8)
Great business model to reel in all the geeks!
(Wanna have my baby? Oops sorry, nevermind…)

]]> By: ladyada http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3467 ladyada Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:55:01 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3467 Sadly, mouser has just stopped carrying the enclosure and the other distributor's price is higher. I may lower the price if I can get the assembly costs down but its a rather complex kit for the cost, with the case drilling and large number of parts. On the other hand, shipping costs to Europe haven't increased, or rather, not since the near-doubling by the Post office back in May. Then again, the prices I get are direct from the post office site so whatever they say is pretty much the actual price of shipping. Don't forget, its an open source project, so you can always just build it yourself! :) Sadly, mouser has just stopped carrying the enclosure and the other distributor’s price is higher. I may lower the price if I can get the assembly costs down but its a rather complex kit for the cost, with the case drilling and large number of parts.

On the other hand, shipping costs to Europe haven’t increased, or rather, not since the near-doubling by the Post office back in May. Then again, the prices I get are direct from the post office site so whatever they say is pretty much the actual price of shipping.

Don’t forget, its an open source project, so you can always just build it yourself! :)

]]> By: brainfart http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3465 brainfart Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:34:06 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3465 Aww shit. I wanted to order one last month, and now the price went up by 4 bucks. Shipping too. NIIICE! Being located in Europe that means I probably end up buying the real deal. It doesn't cost that much more, don't have to solder it myself, no compatibility worries and so on. Too bad. Aww shit.
I wanted to order one last month, and now the price went up by 4 bucks. Shipping too. NIIICE!
Being located in Europe that means I probably end up buying the real deal. It doesn’t cost that much more, don’t have to solder it myself, no compatibility worries and so on.
Too bad.

]]> By: Ticom http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3382 Ticom Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:39:58 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3382 Nice work! Nice work!

]]> By: ladyada http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3380 ladyada Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3380 it's not stk500-compatible as-is, what i use is a piece of 'bridge' software that you run while avrstudio is working and it translates between avrstudio and the programmer. http://www.ladyada.net/make/usbtinyisp/stk500compat.html you could of course use it with any other windows software that wanted to chat stk500 but its not ported to mac or linux cause i figured avrstudio was really the only app necessary to support.... it’s not stk500-compatible as-is, what i use is a piece of ‘bridge’ software that you run while avrstudio is working and it translates between avrstudio and the programmer.
http://www.ladyada.net/make/usbtinyisp/stk500compat.html
you could of course use it with any other windows software that wanted to chat stk500 but its not ported to mac or linux cause i figured avrstudio was really the only app necessary to support….

]]> By: katre http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3379 katre Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:19:38 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/07/new-kit-usbtinyisp-a-usb-avr-programmer/#comment-3379 Looks cool. Is it STK500-compatible, or does it use another protocol to connect to the computer? Looks cool. Is it STK500-compatible, or does it use another protocol to connect to the computer?

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