If you are new to electronics then it can be a bit of pain for you to get started with MCUs because getting the right hardware tools home made up and running is not easy. But if you want to get started with minimal pain then xBoard™ MINI is for you. This page will give you detail of this state of the art AVR microcontroller learning and development kit from eXtreme Electronics. First Look At xBoard MINI Writing the “Hello World” project with xBoard MINI Programming the Board xBoard MINI can be easily programmed with our easy to use USB AVR Programmer . Check the following tutorials. Introduction to ISP Programming xBoard MINI Pictures Fig – A simple ATmega8 Devboard – The xBoard-MINI   If you wish to buy it, get the xBoard MINI – Simple AVR Development Board from here. It costs only Rs. 450/- and the package includes the board, the AVR MCU (ATmega8), power supply and support CD. Watch the Simple LED blinker the “Hello World” Project of MCU world implemented using the xBoard MINI Meet xBoard MINI’s big brother Fig – A Poweful, ATmega32 based board.