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MiniPOV 3 Kit - V 3.0

Price:

£20.12 (inc Tax) £16.77 (exc Tax)

SKU:

PPADA20

Brand:

AdaFruit

Weight:

39.0 Grams

Availability:

5 Available For Immediate Despatch, Larger Quantities normally available within 7-10 working days - Availability Updated on: May 22, 2012 at: 23:21:36 GMT

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MiniPOV 3 Kit - V 3.0

The latest MiniPOV kit is for serial ports so more people can use it!

A simple POV toy for beginners who are looking to learn how to solder, how to program microcontrollers, or make LED blinky toys. Because the programmer is built into the kit, one does not need a special "microcontroller programmer". This version can be used with PCs (Linux/Unix or Windows) and Macs (running MacOS X and with a USB/serial converter).

This kit can definitely be used with a USB serial port converter on MacOSX/Win/Linux but I can't guarantee it will work with just any converter you use. It has been tested to work with the USB/Serial adapter in the shop and other PL2303 and FTDI-based adapters.
If you're using a MacOS X and a "Prolific PL2303" chipset USB converter you should download and install the PL2303 OSX driver available here instead of the one on the CD.

Don't forget to read the instructions over at ladyada.net!

AVRDUDE programming software for USB-Serial adapters

If you have an onboard serial port (like a PC or some laptops) you can just use the default install of AVRDUDE. However, if you have a Mac or laptop or PC without a serial port and you want to use a USB/Serial adaptor then you should upgrade the default install with these files. Then you can specify a slow-down delay necessary to make it work with such adaptors.

For windows, a zip file with a newer avrdude.exe and updated avrdude.conf. Copy these into C:/WinAVR/bin (or wherever you installed WinAVR/AVRDUDE)
For MacOS X/Linux/Unix (or windows if you want to install cygwin and compile it), a tgz file with updated source. Just do a "./configure" then "make; make install" as usual. (here is just the executable & updated avrdude.conf for MacOSX )

To download non-modified AVRDUDE programming software, please follow the instructions of the Software page

USB/Serial converter driver

If you're using the PL2303-chipset adaptor on a MacOS X machine, download this driver and install it, NOT the one that comes with the device!

Firmware

Here is a zip file with all the firmware (hex and source and Makefile)

Hardware

Here are the EagleCAD schematic and board layout files!

Also you may want to download this message generating program which makes everything much easier and was created by Magician13134 from the adaFruit forums

Features:
- Stand alone EXE
- Save/Load
- Import images
- Add text
- One click compiling/transfer to MiniPOV
Download:
http://www.magicsoftinc.com/software/MiniPOV/