I might be asking a stupid question but since I don’t have any experience with the bootloaders I guess I’ll just go ahead and ask…
If I have an arduino bootloader loaded chip, say ATmega168, then is it possible to burn hex files on it using the usual combo of WinAVR and Programmer’s Notepad? (setting the programmer as avrdude in the makefile)
Sure, why not ? You either overwrite the bootloader and then it’s no different from programming a “naked” IC or you must place your program where the bootloader will execute it after the bootloader determines there’s no program to be downloaded.
Excellent! Thanks Mac!
I have another question…will the Arduino bootloader for ATmega168 work for ATmega16 without making any changes?