{"id":2343,"date":"2009-09-09T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:05","slug":"looking-for-feedback-on-the-avr-hv-rescue-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/looking-for-feedback-on-the-avr-hv-rescue-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for feedback on the AVR HV Rescue Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/introducing-the-avr-hv-rescue-shield\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-V1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1236056011&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1430\" title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-installed-close_scaled.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in March, I released the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/products\/avr-hv-rescue-shield\/\">AVR HV Rescue Shield<\/a>, my first open source hardware kit.\u00a0 The AVR HV Rescue Shield is a high voltage parallel mode fuse programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, I&#8217;ve sold dozens of kits around the world.<\/p>\n<p>If you bought a kit, I want to hear from you!\u00a0 Specifically, I&#8217;d like feedback on the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Was the kit easy to assemble?\u00a0 Are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/products\/avr-hv-rescue-shield\/assembly-instructions\/\">assembly instructions<\/a> clear and easy to follow?<\/li>\n<li>Is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/products\/avr-hv-rescue-shield\/source-code\/\">Arduino sketch<\/a> easy to use?\u00a0 Are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/products\/avr-hv-rescue-shield\/usage-instructions\/\">usage instructions<\/a> helpful?<\/li>\n<li>Are you satisfied with the kit?\u00a0 Does it work as advertised?<\/li>\n<li>Have you modified the kit or Arduino sketch in any way, such as adding support for more AVRs or programming modes?<\/li>\n<li>Have you taken advantage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_source_hardware\">Open Source Hardware<\/a> model or CC-licensing to re-use this design in a new and interesting way that you&#8217;d like to share?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can leave feedback in the comments below, or if you want to respond privately, use the contact form to <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/contact\/\">contact me directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in March, I released the AVR HV Rescue Shield, my first open source hardware kit.\u00a0 The AVR HV Rescue Shield is a high voltage parallel mode fuse programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers. Since then, I&#8217;ve sold dozens of kits around the world. If you bought a kit, I want to hear from you!\u00a0 Specifically, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/looking-for-feedback-on-the-avr-hv-rescue-shield\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking for feedback on the AVR HV Rescue Shield<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,65,10],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-kits","category-microcontrollers","tag-avr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-BN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2408,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-kits-back-in-stock-new-lower-pricing\/","url_meta":{"origin":2343,"position":0},"title":"AVR HV Rescue Shield kits back in stock, new lower pricing!","author":"Jeff","date":"September 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news!\u00a0 The AVR HV Rescue Shield kits are back in stock, with new, lower pricing! The full kit, which has been reduced to $19, includes a professionally made PCB with preassembled DC-DC converter and all the parts you need to build the AVR HV Rescue Shield. The PCB-only option\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVR HV Rescue Shield Kit Components","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-materials_scaled-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2966,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/hv-rescue-shield-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":2343,"position":1},"title":"Sale: 20% off AVR HV Rescue Shield","author":"Jeff","date":"June 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Now through July 9th, order an AVR HV Rescue Shield kit and get 20% off! 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Instead of giving up and throwing out the \"dead\" chip,\u00a0 I decided to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVR HV Rescue Shield with ATmega168 target ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-with-atmega2_scaled-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3118,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-out-of-stock\/","url_meta":{"origin":2343,"position":4},"title":"AVR HV Rescue Shield Out of Stock","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I sold the last AVR HV Rescue Shield kit in stock! This is a significant milestone as it means I have finally sold off all of the kits from the original PCB fab run. 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