In this week, I made in-circuit programmer: the Fab TinyStar. I followed Brian’s documentation which can be found in Fab Academy the lecture page. We need in-circuit programmer to programme a microcontroller we will make later. I used a given design and manufactured PCB (printed circuit board) with milling machine. I soldered the components on PCB.

Assignment

  • Characterize the specifications of your PCB production process (group assignment)
  • Make an in-circuit programmer by milling the PCB (program it, so that you can use it to program your board in Electronics Design week, and in other weeks)
  • Optionally, trying other processes.