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Re:Arduino Uno R4 by unmole on Sunday March 26, 2023 @10:21PM (#35322173)
> You could always buy more capable and compatible AVR microcontrollers for one tenth the price.

Were you able to program them without additional (expensive) hardware?

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Re:Arduino Uno R4 by tzs on Monday March 27, 2023 @12:46AM (#35322927)
There are low cost AVR programmers, such as [1]. Similar are available for much less on Aliexpress.

You can also easily use an Arduino, a solderless breadboard, a few jumpers and some software as an AVR programmer [2].

[1] https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9825

[2] https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Program-an-Attiny85-Fro...

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Re:Arduino Uno R4 by josephcsible on Monday March 27, 2023 @01:23AM (#35323135)
Generic AVR programmers go for about $8 on Amazon.
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