zeke 693 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 One of my clients was clearing out old electronics stock. They invited me to come down and claim whatever I wanted out of the recycling bin. Of the many things that I found, this is what 229 Atmel ATMEGA16L-8AU processors look like: Now I have to figure out what to make with them. RobG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Build a cluster computer Maybe you can use them for small home control nodes? zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pabigot 355 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Now I have to figure out what to make with them. Set them in grout to make a coffee-table top. RobG, tripwire, spirilis and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spirilis 1,265 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Set them in grout to make a coffee-table top. @@zeke This just needs to happen ;-) zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
igor 163 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Keycaps? zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 693 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 You guys are brutal! There's no way they would cover a coffee table. Maybe a serving tray but not a coffee table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Druzyek 36 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Use them as IO expanders for your MSP430 projects. zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SixSixSevenSeven 23 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 229 little swarm robots zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Druzyek 36 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 You could link them together and make something like this on a much bigger scale: http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/products/ http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/documents/greg/GA144.htm I've been curious about Forth for a while and wanted to play with one. Seems like a solution without a problem though, to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 @@zeke - DigiKey lists these at USD $7.11 each in single quantity, so you have about $1600 USD in chips setting there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I know nothing about the ATMEGA16, but (assuming it's not a worthless old piece of junk) you've probably got only three realistic options: - This is now your "go to" chip for basic projects - Sell them on eBay - Think up a Kickstarter or other saleable project that uses them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
username 198 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 You could create a CPU with 229 cores! You could put Intel i7 quad core to shame! Should only take a week or 2 to make. Edit: Or you could blink like 229x~30 LEDs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubnet 238 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 All kinds of great ideas...but how about something in the spirit of 43oh? Perhaps tying a couple of them together and writing some software to emulate a MSP430? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
username 198 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Hmmm.... in the spirit of 43oh you could make 229 balls of fire demonstrating your fierce loyalty towards the msp430 tripwire, RobG, spirilis and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greeeg 460 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 @@username 229 puffs of magic smoke? abecedarian and Druzyek 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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