Bootloader Programming Jig for the HCC Module!

If you plan on building your own HCC Modules, feel free to make the BOOT COMMANDER.

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[UnexpectedMaker]

NICE! Adding the mouse button on the board is a great addition, very smart Sean!

[markustube]

So much great stuff on your channel Sean - thanks! The ease with which you create custom PCBs for everything is impressive. You've really inspired me to want to do the same for one or more of my projects. Would love to see a video/series of videos that focus on creating a simple custom PCB from start to finish (including the actual ordering process [there are a lot of options... a little overwhelming for us noobs]). I've watched your streams where you use KiCad and learned a lot, but certainly still have a lot of gaps in my understanding of the process.

[retrolobo]

I really like your content!
I'd love to see you doing some tutorials about designing your own circuits etc. that'd be awesome :)
Thanks!!

[camplays]

Really cool and inspiring, since I'm senior going into engineering. Any tips for additional chips such as registers when designing boards?

[jon_raymond]

Two questions:
1 - Reason for using a Trinket M0 instead of a HCC module? Seems like it would be a perfect use case for it.

[sidharthap]

Hi Sean, unsure if you've already mentioned this earlier but just wanted to know from where do you get all those cool beats for your YouTube videos?

[PatchBOTS]

Can you update the description with links for spring headers/buttons and other components used?

[X-ft]

lol could've just used the trinket to burn the bootloader, it's what i do for my own boards. you can use any SAMD21 to do SWD on another SAMD21

[arod]

So when using the Arduino IDE what is the ATMEL chip recognized as? The UNO, Mega, or Zero?

[Silverbullet]

Wait, why exactly is the boot loader necessary?

[GRBtutorials]

I find it a bit too overpowered for what it does, couldn't you have put a programmer code on the Trinket or use a more powerful MCU if not possible? After all, you can make an AVR programmer with an Arduino. Why would it be different with SAMD? Also, why using a Trinket and not putting an MCU directly soldered, like the SAMD in the HCC module?

And you could get away with 1 button if you take a bit of time to make an application which reads the serial port and issues a command with avrdude (you could use Processing for that, maybe). Or just use the keyboard and a terminal emulator to simply use up arrow and enter after entering the avrdude command for each board. The keyboard is much easier to use when you get used to it, but most Windows users don't know that. Most Unix-like users, like me, use the Terminal a lot. I customized it with oh-my-zsh and it's pretty and useful. Windows shells are for beginners, bash is better, but zsh is the best shell!

On an unrelated topic, I'm looking for a soldering station. I see you use the Hakko FX888D. I'm not sure whether to choose that one or the ERSA i-Con Pico, which I also heard is good. I like the Hakko's compact footprint and the soldering iron stand (apparently, Hakko is the only one who can make a good soldering iron stand, not just a metal spring). But the Hakko also has the worst UI of all the soldering stations I've ever seen (only Hakko can think on putting only an up and an enter button. I'd rather change the enter button for a down button!). However, I've seen a mod for making it better. So would you recommend it?