Barebones Arduino on a breadboard

Computers & Mobile Technology

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

View more articles by Gareth Branwyn

@garethb2

July 8th, 2007 8

Here is a truly barebones Arduino setup. Just the Arduino chip and a few support parts. This has to be close to the simplest and lowest cost way to play with microcontrollers. The only special parts are the resonator and the Mega168 programmed with the Arduino boot loader. Everything else you should already have as an electronics hobbyist.

Ardunio Breadboard – [Via] Link

Related:

HOW TO – Arduino breadboard shield – $10 & 10 mins – Link
Arduino ProtoShield assembly + use – Link
HOW TO – Control your Mac from Arduino, the easy way – Link
Arduino variant – Bare-Bones Board – Link

8 thoughts on “Barebones Arduino on a breadboard”

manukanz says:

July 8th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

The UK sourced PICAXE range is even simpler AND cheaper, as well as being dead easy to program,yet extremely versatile. Check => http://www.picaxe.orcon.net.nz
Windell_Oskay says:

July 8th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

Bad link? There’s nothing about this on evilmadscientist….
japroach says:

July 8th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

I’m really starting to hate the “arduino” name, almost as much as “basic stamp”.

Just call it what it is, not what its running.
garethb2 says:

July 13th, 2007 at 10:58 am

Link fixed. It was supposed to point to DIY:happy, not EMS Labs.

Comments are closed.

Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server!

Tagged DIY Projects Open Source Hardware

Barebones Arduino on a breadboard

By Gareth Branwyn