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can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:01 pm
by damontallen
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?
Re: AVR HV Rescue Shield Support
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:19 pm
by mightyohm
No, it is not a general purpose programming tool. You should use a programmer like the USBTinyISP, AVR Dragon, or AVRISP mkII for that.
Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?
Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 10:49 am
by rendy
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!
rendy
Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:43 pm
by mightyohm
Can you explain? I don't know what you mean.
Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:57 pm
by rendy
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.
thanks!
rendy
Re: can I burn Arduino bootloader with Rescue Shield?
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:24 am
by mightyohm
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.