AVR microcontroller board: first stage soldered
Change of plan: I decided to use female connectors for the I/O ports instead of pins. The Molex KK connectors are nice and simple, but I had another look at the Arduino and realised that sockets would make more sense. This way, I can wire up a LED to a couple of header pins and plug it in -- at a pinch, I can just plug wires in directly. In this photo, I've soldered the main chip socket, the crystal parts, the decoupling capacitors, the programming socket and the reset button.
AVR microcontroller board: first stage soldered
Change of plan: I decided to use female connectors for the I/O ports instead of pins. The Molex KK connectors are nice and simple, but I had another look at the Arduino and realised that sockets would make more sense. This way, I can wire up a LED to a couple of header pins and plug it in -- at a pinch, I can just plug wires in directly. In this photo, I've soldered the main chip socket, the crystal parts, the decoupling capacitors, the programming socket and the reset button.