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ATMega8 Brainboard Components
1 - Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
1 - 0.1µF capacitor (labled ‘104’)
5 - Tiny red LEDs (sensor indicators)
1 - Tiny green LED (programming indicator)
1 - 2N3904 NPN Transistor
3 - 240 Ohm Resistors (Red/Yellow/Brown) for Positions R1, R2, R3
6 - 10k Resistor (Brown/Black/Orange) for Position R4, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17
5 - 1k Resistors (Brown/Black/Red) for Positions R5, R6, R7, R8, R9
1 - 100k Resistor (Brown/Black/Yellow) for Position R10
2 - 47k Resistors (Yellow/Violet/Orange) for Position R11, R12
1 - ATMega8L 28 pin Carrier
1 - Atmel ATMega8L Microcontroller
1 - Reset Button
1 - QRD1114 edge sensor (for Sumovore’s middle sensor)
1 - 5-Socket programming header
1 - Polarized 5-Pin I2C interface header
1 - 10-Pin (2 rows of 5 pins) STK-500 programming header
1 - 5-Pin Header (for building optional programming cable)
2 - 4-Pin Sumovore interface headers
2 - 8-Pin Sumovore interface headers
1 - 5-Pin Low-profile Socket for Breadboard expansion board
1 - 11-Pin Low-profile Socket for Breadboard expansion board
Tools Required
Soldering equipment
Side-cutters or fine snips
Computer (for programming / downloading code!)
The ATMega8L Brainboard
Parts List
2x5 programming header
5 socket header
2N3904
0.1µF
capacitor
Tiny LEDs
ATmega8L & carrier
Long 4-pin headers
Long 8-pin headers
Resistors
(17 total)
Reset
button
5-pin
programming
header
QRD1114
I2C Header