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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Ro-Bot-X on February 15, 2010, 08:05:24 AM

Title: Using Arduino as a hardware programmer
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on February 15, 2010, 08:05:24 AM

You have an Arduino? Did you know you can use it to program the bootloader (and even any hex file) to another microcontroller? All you need to do is load a sketch in your Arduino, make the connections, chose your target chip and use the "Arduino as AVRISP" option in the Burn Bootloader menu. You can find the schematic and instructions here: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP)

Title: Re: Using Arduino as a hardware programmer
Post by: blackbeard on February 15, 2010, 08:09:21 AM

i seem to recall this was on hackaday but still that's an awesome find! it would be very useful if you simply wanted to solder an AVR micro into your project as apposed to sticking a $30 arduino.

Title: Re: Using Arduino as a hardware programmer
Post by: SmAsH on February 15, 2010, 01:56:03 PM

Ah, ive seen this before. Looks quite interesting...
Good for those people who don't have a programmer...