Re:ARMing a Breadboard – Everyone Should Program an ARM
by analog31 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @11:36AM
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But perhaps the largest hurdle is that most of the chips are surface mount devices.
This used to be a deterrent for me, but these days I just whip out my ExpressPCB and make a breakout board for the part that I'm interested in playing with. The price is really manageable. Typically my breakout board includes a few basic goodies such as decoupling caps, and a 3.3 V regulator.
But I appreciate the simplicity of being able to just breadboard something.
One reason that this works so well is the chip has a built-in serial bootloader.
This used to be a deterrent for me, but these days I just whip out my ExpressPCB and make a breakout board for the part that I'm interested in playing with. The price is really manageable. Typically my breakout board includes a few basic goodies such as decoupling caps, and a 3.3 V regulator.
But I appreciate the simplicity of being able to just breadboard something.
One reason that this works so well is the chip has a built-in serial bootloader.
That's a nice touch.