I recently bought an ardweeny micro controller which is basically a miniature version of the Arduino Uno. I can easily program it using the atmega128 header on the Uno. I also have an avr pocket programmer, however the ardweeny does not have an icsp header it is designed for a FTDI USB-TTL converter chip; so my idea is to use my pocket programmer to program it through the spi pins 11-13 as well as reset.The icsp header on the Uno share a connection with the spi pins 11-13, so my question is could I use the spi pins along with reset on the ardweeny as icsp without causing damage?
I haven’t tried it, but looking at the Ardweeny schematic, I think it should work without problems. Make sure you power the Ardweeny from either the icsp or from your Ardweeny supply but not both.
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