Udayan Kumar

Using Atmega32 on stk 500 and beyond

   I am a beginner at using microcontrollers. During my btech project I am having an extensive opportunity to work on them. My project title is “Modular Sensor Network Testbed Development”, the idea is to make a sensor network testbed with capabilities which would allow changing of different modules independent of each other ( different modules are Power, processing, sensor and communication). I am working in a group of 4 students. I have processor and bus architecture part. In course of it i came across many microprocessors. Atmega32 is one of them. Nice processor with 32k flash. Compatible with STK-500, though my manual of STK-500 is not saying that. Figuring everything out was a very difficult process. Resources are there, but scattered all over the net. Even for figuring out which socket on STK-500 to use, it took me considerable time. So the idea here is to put everything required to use Atmega32 on STK-500, though i am in a process of moving out of the shackles of STK-500.

I am describing the process only for LINUX.

On STK-500

Use socket SCKT3100A3 and remove any other microcontroller from the board. While removing existing AT90S8515 i damaged its pins. pl be careful

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