diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 5d9b319..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -KaBoard -======= - -What is kaboard ? ------------------ - -Kaboard is a development board for Atmega8 or Atmega328 microcontrollers. -It was designed for small one of projects or prototypes. - -It's main features are : - * Onboard LM1117 voltage regulator providing 5v with 800mA - * All mcu pins broken out on pin headers - * Vcc and GND pins near every mcu pin, usefull for supplying power to peripherials or for pullups or pulldowns - * ft232rl serial to USB konverter - -The components on the board were selected mostly, because they are cheap and easily obtianable at my local distributor. -One exception is the ft232rl. -Many fellow hackers told me, that an Atmega with integrated USB would be cheaper and could be used for more then just RS232 over USB. -I decided to stick with the ft232rl for 2 reasons : - * It's easy to use a serial bootloader like optiboot, that doesn't eat up much flash, for programming. - There is even the possibility to use the a pin of the ft232 to reset the mcu, - so even with a crashed programm you can switch to the bootlaoder, without pressing buttons on the board. - - * Whenever I used usb so far I needed a simple way to exchange a few bytes between a mcu and a computer. - Emulated RS232 is usually sufficiant for this. - I've allready looked into the LUFA USB stack and I've played with usb on the stellaris launchpad. - Afterall I've come to the conclusion, that an extra chip like the ft232 provides a more selfcontained - and also easier to use implementation for RS232 over usb. - Also I learned the hard way with my steallaris launchpad, that a usb can be a real pain in the ass when it comes to debugging it. - - -What the !/%ยง)"" does KaBoard mean ? ------------------------------------- -The name is actually inteded to be pun for german readers. -"Kaputt" is german for broken (or as dict.leo.org told me for kaput). -In the palatinate dialect this word pronouced rather "Kabutt" or even "Kabudd", -which sound similar to KaBoard. - - -Licenses --------- -Anything in the folder libs/smisitoto_eu/ is taken from http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm -The files are made avaible under the Creative Commons license rev2.5 Attribution-ShareAlike. (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) -Also I'd like to thank Walter for his footprints and 3d models here, they've been of great help in my hobby projects. - -The scale.pl script (libs/scale.pl) which was used to create the Kicadfiles for the KaBoard logo, can be found in this zip-archive:http://oshwlogo.com/logos/OSHW_logo_KiCad_scalable.zip -All credits for this nice little script go to Robert Spitzenpfeil http://blog.spitzenpfeil.org/wordpress/ - -The anything else in the project folder, like the board layout, the schmeatics and the KaBoard logo, are published under Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - - - - - - -