CANADUINO® Full-Automatic Bootloader Programmer for Arduino Atmega328P - No Computer Required!

I considered removing a star as the board shows up with zero assembly instructions. It is difficult to figure out polarized component orientation as the silk screen and instructions are no help (just requires a lot of schematic review and PCB layout guesses). As stupid as it sounds, complete assembly instructions would be nice.Does it work? Yes, and very well. This saves a lot of work and avoids the insane costs of buying a pre-loaded 328. It plays cute little songs that provide obvious cues as to what is happening.

The media could not be loaded. This solved all my problems. I had been trying to burn the bootloader to a SMD version of the Atmega328p. It was a total nightmare. I have a TQFP32 adapter for the Atmega328p-AU chips. I plugged the adapter into the programmers zif socket, pressed the button and in 3 seconds the bootloader was burned onto the factory fresh Atmega328P-AU. I then put the adapter in my Arduino and clicked upload for my sketch and it worked perfectly. If I could give this product 6 stars, I would.

This works exactly as advertised and the quality parts were easy to assemble.

As another reviewer stated, instructions are not great.The board works really fast at burning the bootloader.Assembly is not for those who have never soldered.The only other thing I would have prefered micro usbInstead of the mini usb. Micro is more available.

Never again will I buy

I got the assembled version of this product. It arrived in its anti-static pouch. It takes about 5 seconds or less to have the chip programmed. Then the chip is ready for uploading a sketch.I like products like this one. They do one thing and do it well.

Makes Bootloading a breeze. Save money by buying your Atmel Mega328's without a boot loader and do it yourself quickly.

Beautiful kit with very fast shipping!