This Arduino Platform adds support for using Arduino IDE to set fuse bits and upload sketches to ATmega microcontrollers that are in-system or on a breadboard. Additionally no bootloader will be installed, allowing all of the EEPROM to be used for the sketch.
Currently supported setups:
- ATmega328P using 16 MHz crystal
- ATmega328P using internal 8 MHz clock
Options are provided for setting the CKDIV8 clock division fuse.
- Within Arduino IDE, open the Preferences window.
- In Additional Board Manager URLs, add http://www.bamfordresearch.com/files/package_jb23_insystemmcu_index.json and click ok.
- Open Tools > Board > Boards Manager...
- In the search box, start typing "in system".
- In System MCU will appear in the results, click Install.
- Arduino IDE automatically downloads this repository.
- New boards will appear under Tools > Board > In System MCU.
- Locate the hardware folder in your Sketchbook, eg.
~/Documents/Arduino/hardware/ - Create a new folder inside it eg.
~/Documents/Arduino/hardware/In System MCU/ - Copy the contents of this repository into the new folder.
- Restart Arduino IDE.
- New boards will appear under Tools > Board > In System MCU.
Connect in-system microcontroller to the programmer and select the correct programmer under Tools > Programmer menu.
Fuse Bits are used to set the microcontroller's clock source. Following this procedure will also remove any bootloader and allow all of the microcontroller's EEPROM to be used.
- Choose desired board eg. Tools > Board > ATmega328P 8 MHz (Internal)
- Select Tools > Burn Bootloader
- Make sure the same board is selected as was used to set fuse bits - this determines the expected clock speed during compilation.
- Select Sketch > Upload or click Upload in the toolbar - the programmer will be used automatically.
Please visit http://www.bamfordresearch.com/arduino-platform