can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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I'm something of a novice so please pardon me if this is an obvious question. Is it possible to burn a bootloader (for an Arduino) onto a ATMEGA328P using the AVR HV Rescue Shield?
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No, it is not a general purpose programming tool. You should use a programmer like the USBTinyISP, AVR Dragon, or AVRISP mkII for that.
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Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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Hi Jeff,

Can you add that 6-pin port for the programmer so the number of time on removal/insertion of chip can be reduced? Thanks!

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Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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Can you explain? I don't know what you mean.
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Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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Jeff

The following is my workflow. (1) Use Rescue Shield to erase the chip (2) remove chip and usb cable (3) hook up USBTinyISP programmer (4) insert chip to a breadboard with that 6-pin connector (5) flash the chip (6) remove chip. I am a beginner so I am not sure if my workflow represents typical one. I find myself inserting and removing chip quite often. I am just wondering if it is possible to combine some of the steps. If there is a 6-pin connector for the programming, I could do the followings: (1) insert chip on Rescue Shield to erase the chip (2) remove the usb cable from Rescue Shield and connect it to the USBTinyISP programmer (2) flash the chip (3) remove the chip.

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Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?

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rendy,

I see what you mean now. It's a neat idea but wouldn't work very well in practice, because the signals used for the 6-pin programming interface are also used by the Rescue Shield. A better solution would be to add flash programming capability to the Rescue Shield.
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