Documentation

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Documentation

1. Required Software

See software section. On some systems you will need to install drivers before your computer will recognise the Penguino AVR; these drivers are available here. On this page you will also find downloads to Flipper, the program used to upload programs to the Penguino.

2. Penguino Starter Guides

Getting started with the Penguino AVR: These two pages will have you up and running in no time

Hardware Setup - How to correctly connect the Penguino AVR to a power source and what all the pins do
Getting Started Guide - Dive in and start inventing

Also,

Tips on Communicating over USB with UART - How to make the Penguino AVR and a computer talk to each other
Debugging over USB with JTAG - Making use of the JTAG feature

3. Penguino Library Documentation

See Penguino Library Documentation. The Penguino Library is a continuously growing library of functions designed to make it easier to program the Penguino AVR.

4. Arduino Compatibility

Penguino AVR is backwards compatible with the Arduino. An Arduino core, bootloader and other information is available on the Arduino compatibility page.

Technical AVR and avr-libc

Technical information relating to the on-board AVR chip and programming the Penguino using avr-libc

AVR I/O Overview - An overview of the way IO registers work on the AVR
AVR ADC Overview - An overview of the advanced options available on the Analog to Digital Converter
ATMega32A Datasheet - The Atmel datasheet for the processor on the Penguino AVR