Noob Q: bootloading, burning, or whatever it's called...

hi all-

i started experimenting arduino , love it.

not far it, it's fun , many have ideas making "real" versions of mockups i'm building.

one of first things comes mind idea of putting code on chip, obviously, tried find guide to:

1) learn how determine ic (or whatever term might be) appropriate/required
2) using hardware create standalone chips.

one thing i'd build 1 of silly "multi lights flashing fake computer data activity things" (blinkenlights!). can start low number of leds, trying figure out how add 100 leds or so, power in testing, build 1 runs on chip.



anyway.. pretty excited, don't know road take. appreciated!

cheers
andrew

what trying achieve straight forward - hesitate easy!

build stand alone arduino on perfboard or similar. can program '328 in arduino have, pop out , plug stand alone.

use shift registers output multiple leds. 74hc595, etc.

a couple of points bear in mind:
1) power consumption of leds. ~20ma each.
2) how many shift registers can daisy chain together?

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