[chbot] Bootloader(AVR)

[jimmy allen]

The Arduino is  an ATMEGA8
I have considered the Arduino because on their site www.arduino.cc
they have instructions on how to build an Arduino
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardSerialSingleSided3
Using the Arduino software you can burn the bootloader on using various methods.

I have looked at that USB programmer and it looks very good(i was
going to build one but never got around to)
Currently a USB programmer is not too much of a worry as i have 3
computers with working parallel port.

I have continued to do some more reasearch and found this
http://ladyada.net/techproj/Atmex/index.html.A board with an
ATTiny2313 with a bootloader.
Anybody got any thoughts on this one?

So basically what I am after is a programmer (with bootloader) that i
can build and burn myself, is relatively cheep and easy to source
components.

On 8/4/09, Charles Manning <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Monday 03 August 2009 22:04:57 jimmy allen wrote:
>> I have been looking around for a boot-loader for AVRs to hopefully
>> make them easier to program.I have looked at Arduino and that looks
>> farily easy to build one.
>> I was wonder what everyone ideas are on them and which one I should use.
>> I have a couple ATtiny2313 and am planning on getting an ATMEG8 which
>> i will be able to use.
>> Also i can use the ones that sicom has.
>> I have serial, parallel and USB interface that i can use.
>>
> I don't know what the size of the Arduino bootloader is, but it might be a
> bit
> too big for some of the smaller parts.
>
> If you're going to do a lot of AVR programming, I strongly suggest using an
> http://www.ladyada.net/make/usbtinyisp/ or similar. They're really fast and
> easy to use.
>
> -- Charles
>
>
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