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Offline adventurepoop

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Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 18:51:55 »
Ive been looking for a cheaper alternative to the teensy, preferably something cheaper. The only thing ive found was this http://www.pololu.com/product/3101, which at 13$ isnt that bad of a price. Does anybody know if there would be any problems getting this to work with soarers controller? Are there other cheap teensy alternatives that I should know about?
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 18:52:56 »
pro micro
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 18:57:21 »
Quote from: Pacifist on Sun, 22 June 2014, 18:52:56
pro micro
Forgot about those :o Is it possible to get it shipped from anywhere but china? On ebay the only options from anywhere but are close to the price of what I linked.
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:10:58 »
Saw this in one of those links, any reason it would not work?? Would I have to do anything to it to get it to function like a teensy??

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/atmega32u4-arduino-breakout
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:12:46 »
Quote from: adventurepoop on Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:10:58
Saw this in one of those links, any reason it would not work?? Would I have to do anything to it to get it to function like a teensy??

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/atmega32u4-arduino-breakout

think you need a breadboard or something
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:19:06 »
Quote from: Pacifist on Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:12:46
Quote from: adventurepoop on Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:10:58
Saw this in one of those links, any reason it would not work?? Would I have to do anything to it to get it to function like a teensy??

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/atmega32u4-arduino-breakout

think you need a breadboard or something
seemingly not, it looks like you can just solder the usb to respective pins with 2 resistors and it'll work.
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:28:00 »
also found promicros on dhgate for like 7$
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 21:35:36 »
Regardless of price, I really want Hasu's thing. It's just about perfect: mounting holes (mainly), PS/2 socket etc etc.

Quote from: adventurepoop on Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:10:58
Saw this in one of those links, any reason it would not work?? Would I have to do anything to it to get it to function like a teensy??

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/atmega32u4-arduino-breakout


Be careful with that breakout board. It's literally just the chip sodlered onto the board. There's no crystal, or voltage regulators or anything. I'm not sure, but I think you'll need more to get it working than just a USB cable and pull resistors.

looking at the below, I think you'll end up spending more in associated hardware to get it working:
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Re: Alternatives to the teensy as a controller
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 22:31:30 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Sun, 22 June 2014, 21:35:36
Regardless of price, I really want Hasu's thing. It's just about perfect: mounting holes (mainly), PS/2 socket etc etc.

Quote from: adventurepoop on Sun, 22 June 2014, 19:10:58
Saw this in one of those links, any reason it would not work?? Would I have to do anything to it to get it to function like a teensy??

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/atmega32u4-arduino-breakout


Be careful with that breakout board. It's literally just the chip sodlered onto the board. There's no crystal, or voltage regulators or anything. I'm not sure, but I think you'll need more to get it working than just a USB cable and pull resistors.

looking at the below, I think you'll end up spending more in associated hardware to get it working:
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yeah i realised its way more trouble than worth, the astar is like 5 dolla more.
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