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HI

Please excuse my ignorance but i dont really know what i am doing.

I got a pcb developed by a company, finally a prototype was built

and the firmware has been coded.

Now i have been given the firmware, so i was wondering how do i conect

the atmega128 to the computer? and what type of software do i use?

the files are .bin.

http://www.siphec.com/microcontroller/A … r_Show.jpg

it looks like this but on my own board…

do i have to take it off and put it in something like this so that i have some pins to conect it to my computer?

if so how do i remove this?

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Any reputable embedded design company should/will provide you with instructions on how to program the board with the firmware. You should ask the engineers who designed your board first.

There should be some kind of header on the board where you can attach a programming cable. The firmware is then downloaded from your computer onto the device.

Take a look here for the basics: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutori … ials_id=93

However, on a properly designed PCB this process will be much simpler.

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The folks on avrfreaks.net forum will help you. There are lots of examples and tutorials there too.