DIP-40 Arduino compatible development board

Name: DIP-40 Arduino compatible development board
SKU: 6510
Price: 50.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.68 (27 reviews)

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An AVR DIP-40 development board. Arduino compatible using MightyCore

Designed by MCUdude in Norway

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An AVR DIP-40 development board. Arduino compatible using MightyCore

The board This board is an Arduino compatible AVR DIP-40 development board. It got all necessary features a development board should have! The board supports most major AVR DIP-40s, including ATmega1…

The board

This board is an Arduino compatible AVR DIP-40 development board. It got all necessary features a development board should have! The board supports most major AVR DIP-40s, including ATmega1284, ATmega644, ATmega324, ATmega164, ATmega32, ATmega16 and ATmega8535. It got an onboard USB to serial chip as well as an ISP header and a JTAG header for serious debugging. Each board is assembled by me, and all boards are individually tested before shipping.

What's included?

Assembled AVR DIP-40 development board
An ATmega32 with the Urboot bootloader preinstalled
A 16 MHz crystal
Two jumpers (voltage select, auto reset enable)

What makes it special?

I've been using Arduino Uno for years. It's a simple and great board but there's some features missing in order to become 'The perfect development board'.

The board I've developed has:

A voltage select jumper to run the microcontroller at 5V or 3.3V
A breadboard friendly AVR with 32 IO pins, including 8 analog inputs
All pin located at the same side of the board, making it easy to hook it up to a breadboard
Male and female IO pin header
LOTS of 5V, 3.3V and GND points broken out, both male and female
A large ground pad on the underside of the board for connecting alligator clips, such as the ground clip of your oscilloscope
A potentiometer for using as a voltage reference (e.g adjusting the LCD contrast)
Onboard LED connected to digital pin 0 (PB0)
A socketed crystal, perfect for experimenting with different clock frequencies
An auto reset enable header if you don't want the microcontroller to be reset every time you open the serial monitor on your PC
PWM pins clearly marked and a lookup table that can be found on the under side of the board (three '~'s - all microcontrollers, two '~'s - 164; 324; 644; 1284, one '~' - 1284)
IO peripherals written on the underside of the board. No need to search in the datasheet anymore!
A Mini USB connector instead of the large USB Type-B plug
All serial hand shake pins broken out for applications such as bit banging (CTS, DTR, RI, DCD, DRT, RST)
JTAG header for programming and debugging (the JTAG enable fuse must be sat first)

Still, the board shows its real potential when using it together with the rock solid and feature rich MightyCore!

MightyCore

MightyCore is an Arduino add-on that let you use this board with all its features in the Arduino IDE! All supported microcontrollers can be programmed using the onboard USB to serial chip. MightyCore is open source and can be downloaded from GitHub. Read more about MightyCore here!

Installation

Download Arduino IDE (v1.8.5 or later recommended) from the Arduino website
Download the CH340G USB to serial driver if your OS doesn't support it.
Install MightyCore from Github, either by downloading or installing using the boards manager
- MightyCore - Github

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.81)

Documentation: (4.48)

Shipping: (4.81)

Communication: (4.59)

Johannes | Sept. 29, 2022

Great in all perspectives

As an electronics hobbyist i wanted something a little bigger than the usual Arduino Uno and the Mega 2560 only comes in a SMD package. So the 1284 is my choice for a current project which would barely into Uno even with many optimizations.
I came across this board and after some time of consideration i ordered it here. Shipping from Norway to Germany was just 7 days.
What can i say: even as a non-professional user this thing is plug and play. I am using a Diamex ISP Programmer with the Arduino IDE under Linux Mint and burning the bootloader or sketches just took seconds from the first start.
One of my favorite features is the removable crystal in order to tinker with different clock speeds.
This thing probably is, what the Uno should be (but of course the Uno aims at different topics such as HATs and super easy start for beginners).
Can recommend although with the current weak EUR it's a little pricey and i had to pay like 10 EUR import tax.
Anyway, thanks to the maker for the great work in both, board and core !

Marle | Aug. 19, 2022

Cool and straightforward dev board

I picked up this board so that I could tinker with the ATmega1284P MCU, and coming off of frustrations with an Arduino Uno clone, the MightyCore board was a huge breath of fresh air! I appreciate the use of mini USB as opposed to micro USB which in my experience has been more prone to mechanical failures. When working with a breadboard, I strongly recommend making your own jumper wires, as premade jumpers may have trouble reaching between the dev board's headers and your breadboard holes.

Zsolt | Jan. 29, 2022

awesome

Coming fro ESP32 world it was a bit new to me, but the sellers is a great guy, helped me to get things going. The board is amazing!

Christos | Dec. 5, 2021

Πατάτα

Δεν κάνει αυτά που λέει άρα δεν αξίζει τα χρήματα !! Μπορεί να επικοινωνήσει μόνο με atmega 8535,16,32,164 για τα υπόλοιπα χρειάζεται ενδιάμεσο προγραμματιστή δηλαδή τίποτα

Response from MCUdude | Jan. 19, 2022

We had a long discussion about this, and I'm sorry you weren't able to get it working with other chips than the ATmega32 that came with the board. In order to use a different chip and upload programs using the onboard USB connector, you need an ISP programmer to set the fuses and burn the bootloader to the new chip. Without a working ISP programmer, you won't be able to communicate with a chip that doesn't already have a bootloader installed. That's not the board's fault, but just how AVR microcontrollers are.

Guus | Oct. 3, 2021

Very nice board, works as it should

Board is well designed and works.
Changing the crystals is also good.
Improvement tip: Consider delivery option without socket, so a ZIF-socket can be installed.

Ray | Nov. 2, 2020

Really well designed

I've used for developing programs and (with a bootloader) programming chips. It's a really well made and designed board, I prefer it to official ones like the Uno.

The only improvement I can think of is if it had a ZIF but the same thing is true of the official boards.

Response from MCUdude | Nov. 2, 2020

Thanks for the kind words!

There are a few reasons why I left out a ZIF socket on purpose. The board would be a little thicker, so I wouldn't be able to use the cheapest airmail option anymore. It would also bring up the cost. If you want to use a ZIF socket you can actually insert it straight into the existing DIP-40 socket!

Jonathan | Oct. 4, 2020

Excellent development board

It features everything one could desire, in a small succinct package. This is the perfect board for testing and debugging your protos that involve DIP40 AVR's.

Joshua | Oct. 30, 2019

Awesome ATMega1284p development board

I am so glad I found this development board. I just received it today and already I have the bootloader burned into one of my atmega 1284p. The documentation is amazing too. Found one problem with the board, on the ISP header, the silkscreen incorrectly labels MOSI as MISO (MISO is listed twice in the pinout on the underside of the ISP header). Other than that, really awesome design :D

Response from MCUdude | Oct. 31, 2019

Great to hear you like the board! Together with MightyCore, it's a great development board indeed.
Thank you for pointing out the incorrect labeling on the ISP connector. I will fix it in the next board revision.

Cory | Oct. 29, 2019

good looking board

Haven't had much time to work with it, but looks very well made and is as described. Shipping to the US was in a reasonable amount of time for the distance, and very well priced

Martin | Sept. 14, 2019

Great dev board with great support!

I was looking for a development board for DIP40 packages and this is exactly what I needed.
The documentation is sufficient and furthermore the developer MCUdude was super helpful with any problems I encountered, replies to my messages within few hours.

Highly recommended product with great support, 10/10.

Martin

Themistoklis | April 2, 2019

quality, solid, construction; clearly oriented to developers

Overall:
quality, solid, construction
clearly oriented to developers

Benefits:
A. MCU is socketed allowing easy replacement; so (a) can be used to re-program MCU IC's and then relocate them to another target board, (b) once the MCU is corrupted it may be easily replaced, (c) different AVR ATmega DIP40 MCU may be used (in my case used ATmega1284P).
B. Beyong ISP has also JTAG header connection, allowing professional debugging, subject to debugger device availability (in my case used Atmel-ICE device).
C. Has switchable 3.3 and 5V selection
D. Is already equipped with external 16MHz crystal (no need for upgrade)
E. The GND and Vcc pins are accessible via separate multiple pin headers allowing the developer to connect more than one jumper wires (typically required in projects)
F. The pins allow connectivity with both female and male jumper wires. Very convenient, accelerating development process.
G. On board annotations are rich (every single component and pin is annotated) and easily readable without ambiguities (almost, there is no need to resort to the schematic diagram)
H. The on board diagnostic LEDs allow the developer to observe all basic signals, as PWR, diagnostic-LED, Rx and Tx.
I. There is an on-board trimmer, to allow easy/direct development of "adjustable" funcionality (e.g. externally adjust a program value based on ADC port input)

Congratulations to the board designer.

Nicolas | March 17, 2019

Perfect, nice board, well documented & super communication

Shipping was long but looks like Christmas time was really a bad period. Santa Claus was probably too busy ;-) to send something from Norway to France.
What can I say about the board ? It's perfect, easy to use and well documented by its creator. Even for a dummies like I am it works perfectly. In few hours I have been able to play around with 684 and 1284P processors.
And if you are facing problem, or need some additional explanation, just send an email to Hans and you will get a great and clear support.
To conclude I would say that everything is close from perfection ! Thanks Hans.

Canlas | Jan. 25, 2019

Welcome to Rockin' Overdrived Arduino Mighty arduino core !!

I'm an ex-old-small guitar tube amps manufacturer.

I use PlatformIO with the incredible Hans/MCUdude Mighty arduino core !

I re_born with some new goals !

Simply sublime, full integration, arduino with more pins with Atmega 1284P, more features and in a so easy way.

I'm like Alice in that new wonder world, something else behind the mirror...

It was natural to me to acquire this board, it give so many options !

Thanks Hans, you made my AVR world's exploration so cool.

Pascal

Thomas | Nov. 5, 2018

It works like a charm!

Almost 3 months ago I received 2 boards from Norway. The boards came in a ESD protected package and after unpacking my first impression was the really good quality of the board (PCB layout, soldering, silkscreen, etc.). After connecting the board the only thing I can say: It works like a charm! Thumbs up for this product. I tested it with Atmel Studio and with the Aruino IDE under Linux, no problems at all.

What I will do in the next future: Replacing the socket with a zif socket and developing a TQFP to DIP adapter board for the ATMEGA324PB.

Great job MCUDUDE !!!

Thomas K.

Joseph | Sept. 29, 2018

An amazing AVR development board!

This is such a great development board. Lots of careful attention was put into it.

* The silkscreen is clear and readable.
* Lots of GND pins for a logic analyzer probes.
* Male and female headers side-by-side.
* JTAG, ISP, and HVPP headers are broken out.
* 5V or 3.3V selectable.

Overall, it's a really nice AVR board and the shipping from Norway was fast.

Silvano | Sept. 18, 2018

a question

Hello,
I bought the board and I have to compliment you for the quality.
One question: to program an Atmega 644p which programmer should I select on arduino IDE?
Thanks

Response from MCUdude | Sept. 18, 2018

Hi!
It depends on what programmer you're using to bootload the ATmega644P. if You're using USBasp you select "USBasp" in the programmer menu. If you don't have a dedicated programmer you can load the Arduino as ISP sketch by following the guide over at Arduino.cc

Christopher | Aug. 13, 2018

Perfect little board for my need

I needed a development board that would take fit an ATmega644 or similar for memory fit. The board itself is well constructed and works exactly as expected. The little perks and details that were added to enhance this unit beyond a base Arduino Uno style board make it well worth the investment.

Seller is very easy to work with, would purchase again.

Richard | June 12, 2018

Fantastic product, easy plug & play!

This development board really is fantastic. The layout is very clean and extremely well labeled, It is easy to understand what all the pins do without having to consult documentation. I really like that both male and female headers are available for every I/O, power, and GND pin, as this makes it much easier to connect things with a random assortment of jumper wires. When I first got it I immediately swapped in a 1284p, and it ran without a problem. Arduino IDE under Ubuntu 18.04 with MightyCore sees and programs the board without any extra hassle. I only rated 4 stars on the shipping because it is untracked, and I like to see where my item is.

Response from MCUdude | June 13, 2018

Thank you for your review! I'm glad you like the board and that you find it useful.

About the shipping, I agree that tracking is much better for everyone. It's nice too see where your package is at all times, and it's saver compared to "regular" mail.
The reason why I don't provide shipping with tracking is simply because it's ridiculously expensive. Personally I don't think $30+ for shipping is fair when the board only cost $35? However I could add it as a shipping option for people who's willing to pay for it.

D. | June 4, 2018

Very nice platform

I was in need for a arduino compatible MCU for a project, and the MightyCore was the perfect solution. With the MCU between the Atmega 328 and 2650 it fits perfect for the application.
With the very well documented hardwareplattform for the Arduino IDE it was piece of cake to programm the 1284p in my project. The MightyCore PCB serves as a prototype for testing the software, and it worked like a charm for me.

thank you very much

Klaus-Dieter | May 28, 2018

Documents for non experts would make it even more valuable!

Hello tindie team,

first of all the board is really that one what I was looking for since long. As I am still not so familar with MCUs I really missed some documentation and/or example for test, especially I would appreciate to know how to use the HVPP connector (I know what it is for). For sure, there are a lot of test routines available which could be adapted from Arduino environment - and there are also a lot of information to be downloaded from your Web site.
Having this board now for some weeks I still feel that I have not enough practice to get almost the maximum from it even I come closer to it day by day. Therefore, I will keep the board for later times and I am sure I will got it.
As the board is without a spot, I am still the mind that it was a good idea to buy this!

Best regard to all of you!

Klaus-Dieter Rieger

Allianz Rémi | May 18, 2018

GREAT and QUALITY BOARD

This board is great and useful, like I wrote another member : exactly what I'm looking for !
Bring together in a same side all I/O ports it's very usefull. Description fonction pin (and other information) on both side of board allow to don t waste time and missed error during wiring.
The size of board is ideal too, not to big, not to small.
Mignty core is great and useful add on too, and this core support many programmers tools.
Finallly, thank to MCUdude, for great communication and services.

Bence | May 9, 2018

Everything wents fine!

It speaks for itself! Great design and building. Planned to manage a little greenhouse. My goal to develop in assembly language. As it is mentioned by the seller, its a more flexible devboard than the Arduino competitor. I love the DIP shaping.

Cory | April 26, 2018

Great Board

This is a great development board! I've only had it for a day, and already love so many of it's features. The male and female headers on all the IO and power is great. Being able to quickly change the crystal is so nice. The simple fact that the board will work with a number of different processors will make it my go to board for quite a few projects for sure.

Cory Duce
ckdevices.com

Ingo | March 13, 2017

Ingenious product!

This is exactly what I was looking for!
As using different sensors with different libraries on a UNO always results in low memory and a MEGA2560 is not available in a maker friendly PU pack I decided to go for an ATMEGA1284p-PU (40 Pin). This chip does have even more memory then the 2560 but less IO pins. As most sensor are running on a bus (SPI/I2C/Onewire) and multiple sensors can be connected on the same pins memory is more valuable than pins! This board fullfills all my needs - and more!
Just one thing which is missing in the describtion (I think): There is a little LED besides the power LED which is connected to PB0 (D0). Quite usefull for blink or status indication in your sketches.
There are other 1284 boards out there which are a smaller but none is giving all the features this board has for that price. I love the fact that I can run everything, including the 40pin 1284 on 3.3V with a jumper. This saves a lot of energy in case you want to run your project on a battery. The detailed describtion of every pin on both sides of the board is great as well (Little hint: In the Arduino GUI you can replace all the pin numbers in sketches with a "PB0, PB1, PB3 ..., you just have to compare which PIN# on the UNO is PB# on the chip you use. With this, converting scetches is done in minutes)
I don't want to add more than the describrion already does but together with the Mightycore (<-different topic) on that 1284 I only found one Ardunio library (yet) which did not run with the Mightycore, and that was a power saving library to put the ATMEGA328 to sleep. No suprise that it did not work on a 1284 ...

I already bought 2 of the board!
Ingo

David | March 8, 2017

Shipping was pretty quick and The board works great!

This board is going to be the heart of my Raman spectrometer project over at Hackaday, http://hackaday.io/project/18126-3d-printable-raman-spectrometer, it will be running the TCD1304ap CCD chip, which will be the detector. I'm really impressed with the boards expandability for future project developments.

I already replaced the onboard chip (ATmega32,) with the ATmega1284P and the burning the boot loader went off without a hitch, so I was happy about that :)

Great job!

David H Haffner Sr

Bradley | June 12, 2016

Very well done.

Excellent product that has helped save me quite a bit of time getting some interoperability between my cache of 1284-PUs and my arduinos. I only wish that the DIP40 socket was left unattached or that a ZIF socket was used in its place (I may go back and make this very change, and will let you know what comes of it, if it was a worthwhile modification).

I'm an undergraduate electrical engineering student using this solution to bridge a gap between the ATMega 1284s that I find are standard in projects here and the versatility of the Arduino library.

Response from MCUdude | June 13, 2016

Thank you for the feedback! If you desolder the connector for the potentiometer, you'll be able to fit in a ZIF-socket in there. If you use a little force I think you may be able to fit the ZIF-socket into the socket that's already soldered to the board.

Wuping | June 10, 2016

Great

I am happy with this product, and its technique support.Had a question the vendor was very prompt in helping and answering.

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DIP-40 Arduino compatible development board

An AVR DIP-40 development board. Arduino compatible using MightyCore

The board

What makes it special?

MightyCore

Installation

Rates to

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Great in all perspectives

Cool and straightforward dev board

awesome

Πατάτα

Response from MCUdude | Jan. 19, 2022

Very nice board, works as it should

Really well designed

Response from MCUdude | Nov. 2, 2020

Excellent development board

Awesome ATMega1284p development board

Response from MCUdude | Oct. 31, 2019

good looking board

Great dev board with great support!

quality, solid, construction; clearly oriented to developers

Perfect, nice board, well documented & super communication

Welcome to Rockin' Overdrived Arduino Mighty arduino core !!

It works like a charm!

An amazing AVR development board!

a question

Response from MCUdude | Sept. 18, 2018

Perfect little board for my need

Fantastic product, easy plug & play!

Response from MCUdude | June 13, 2018

Very nice platform

Documents for non experts would make it even more valuable!

GREAT and QUALITY BOARD

Everything wents fine!

Great Board

Ingenious product!

Shipping was pretty quick and The board works great!

Very well done.

Response from MCUdude | June 13, 2016

Great

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