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Any idea what this is?

Started by LewisTehMinerz, 26 March 2016 - 04:41 PM
LewisTehMinerz #1

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 05:41 PM
So, I was looking around my drawers when I found this:



I've been on a search to find out what it is since that moment of time. I know I've programmed it before as it runs the old program that I put on it. Anyone have any ideas?
moTechPlz #2

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Posted 26 March 2016 - 06:21 PM
It is a development board of some sort with a what looks like a usb driver, couple of leds and buttons. What does the marking on the cpu say?
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Posted 26 March 2016 - 06:38 PM
An ATMEGA88 20AU 1027 by Atmel. For some reason, my PC picks up the cable I use for it as USB <-> Serial, but it's a MicroUSB 1.0 adapter, I don't know why it does that, but functionality doesn't seem to change.
Edited on 26 March 2016 - 05:40 PM
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Posted 26 March 2016 - 06:58 PM
Does it have any markings on the back of the pcb?

You probably need a programming device to program it. Or when there is a bootloader installed on it through usb with the correct software.
Edited on 26 March 2016 - 06:04 PM
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Posted 26 March 2016 - 08:52 PM
I searched for it on Google Images but I didn't find anything similar. Can you take a less blurry picture?
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Posted 26 March 2016 - 09:14 PM
Seems a little obvious, but Googling the name got me this:

http://www.atmel.com/devices/atmega88.aspx
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Posted 27 March 2016 - 09:06 AM
Yeah, I searched it up to yield not finding the board.

@moTechPlz The last time I programmed it, you use a piece of software which sends it to the board and saves it to memory. That very same program that I put on it for the last time before I lost the program STILL is on there, surprisingly. Oh, here's your image of the back:



@jv110

Edited on 27 March 2016 - 07:07 AM
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Posted 27 March 2016 - 09:53 AM
What's the program do - or if you don't know, what do you know about it? Can you extract the code? What're you using to confirm there's software on there?

I'm no elecronics wizz, but I'm sorta guessing those sockets're intended for seven-segments?
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Posted 27 March 2016 - 01:29 PM
It looks like an Arduino-like board with lots of GPIO holes.
Maybe search on Google for Arduino clones?
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Posted 27 March 2016 - 01:43 PM
Too bad it has no marking to identify what it is exactly. The board does look very much like boards made by microElectronica. http://www.mikroe.com/startusb/avr/ You don't remember where you bought it?
Edited on 27 March 2016 - 11:46 AM
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Posted 28 March 2016 - 09:21 AM
@Bomb Bloke

What's the program do - or if you don't know, what do you know about it? I can tell there's a program on it as when I plug it in, it starts flashing one of the LEDs and when I push the switch known as SW2, it pauses, then continues.

Can you extract the code? No, as number one, I don't have the IDE on my PC anymore and two, you cannot access the file system, even with the IDE. You can only push programs to it.

What're you using to confirm there's software on there? My eyes.

@CrazedProgrammer
Couldn't be. They'd put an Arduino symbol on it to make it look real.

@moTechPlz
Yeah, I'll snoop around their website seeing what I can find.
I didn't buy it, it was a gift.

So, I searched up that non-blurry image to get this:



I was like WHAT THE?!
Ignore the white bar at the bottom, you just gotta love MSPaint when you're PrintScreening an image, eh?
Edited on 28 March 2016 - 07:32 AM