Update: The USBasp error message is documented here:
http://blog.lincomatic.com/?p=1480
It appears to be a minor irritant rather than an error - I tried the firmware update described in this blog - couldn't get it to work!
Arduino goodies in today's postbag:
NEW UNO R3 ATmega328P CH340 Mini USB Board for Compatible-Arduino http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/311155383820
5PCS Solderless Prototype Breadboard 170 Tie-points Arduino Shield Dovetail Slot http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/201060515747
ATMEGA328P-PU Microcontrolle​r With ARDUINO UNO Bootloader good quality http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/311131488228
10Pcs16MHz 16.000MHz 16M HZ HC-49S Inline Feet Passive Crystal Oscillator 20pF http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/201148816544
5 PCS New ATMEGA328P-PU Microcontrolle​r AVR 32K FLASH 8 DIP-28 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/271641302798
10pcs 2.54mm 2x40Pins Double Row Male Pin Header 19mm extended Pin http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/121023977835
Micro USB Tiny AVR ISP 5v ATtiny44 USBTinyISP Programmer For Arduino Bootloader http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/400758351635
ATMega328P Pin Mapping:
http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/PinMapping168
Windows 8.0 and 8.1 digitally signed USBTinyISP drivers:
https://learn.adafruit.com/usbtinyisp/drivers

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

15 thoughts on “Postbag #28: arduino special – cheap uno, diy duinos, usb tiny isp”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ronald Fernandes says:

    Pls make a extra connection how to connect aref to 3.3v to use that in arduino project

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pflanzgarten says:

    Hi Julian. Today was "PostBag" day to me xD. I remebered your channel while opening the bags xD. Thank you for this channel.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Beren says:

    Very chip cheap

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Garry says:

    Watching this (again) in 2019 hoping Julian picks up a duino again soon!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheHappyChannel says:

    Somewhere in china there is a exhausted worker that ends his 14 hours days of labor and getting paid 1 Eur for it,
    whom says: cheap is a point of view sir !
    Slavery is slavery, even if you are in denial !

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars aly nicholls says:

    looking for cheap arduinos myself but they must be the throughhole version.
    now i'm lost, i have a project board and all components to build a device, it uses a 328p throughhole chip which is the only component i don't have, i was just going to buy a cheap uno plug in the usb put the program on it then pull the chip put it in my device, this is a one off i dont use arduino so no programmer,
    but now i dont know if that will work, if the uno needs a bootloader before i can program it i might as well buy the bare chip and a cheap programmer even though i will only use it once.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lizardo Foz says:

    Ch340 is a POS. Wait till you have to do the com port dance with satan playing the Driver fiddle.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Marcel H. says:

    Tnx! Strugglin around with my NANO, too! Gonna try next time to prg the UNO!

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bora Yurtoren says:

    You never did the USB Tiny ISP tutorial you mentioned in this video I guess?

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Glitch says:

    How come you can not use a real pencil sharpener?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roaming Adhocrat says:

    It's called Arudino now.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Hatcher says:

    Now in 2017 you can buy 'em on AliExpress for just over £2! Great Christmas pressies for all the family and when they throw them back at you then you've got loads to play with. Happy Arduino days!

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dancing Rain says:

    Wow. I've programmed Arduini with a Mac and with a Linux box. I normally use the ArduinoISP to burn bootloaders and program non-arduino AVRs.
    I'm appalled at how hard that is to get working on windows. That's why I don't use windows 😛
    (Of course, I can only do that because I'm weird and don't play games 😛 )

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VladNex says:

    I was searching for uno gameplay not an arduino uno ;-;

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Phil Chandler: Barefoot Beekeeper says:

    Aha! Someone with an even worse eBay electronics habit than me!

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