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Programming The Atmega2560 with Arduino

technocat

Hi everyone,

 

I joined element14 because I recently started building a PCB on Eagle for an independent study for school, and I need some help.

 

I want to use the Atmega2560 board due to its large analog input, digital I/O capacity, and Arduino uses it in the Mega so the pinouts are simple. My only issue is that I can't find a way to program the board!

 

It seems that the Atmega2560 doesn't come with the Arduino bootloader installed (not surprising) and I can't find a pre-bootloaded board on the internet either, like some other Atmel boards.

 

My question really is:

 

How can I upload an Arduino sketch a stock Atmel ATMega2560 IC?

 

Thanks A LOT to anyone with information!

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    The usual IDE for Atmel chips is Atmel Studio (currently version 7).  There are physical connections that have to be made with some type of link between a computer and the chip. 

     

    One of the least expensive options for a breadboarded chip is Freetronics USB adapter and the Arduino IDE.  You can break out the pins to serve as a programmer.  Up in price from there would be Atmel's programmers (AVR Dragon, for example), or a Segger (if you want the Cadillac programmer).

     

    Here's a link to the Atmel page on the AVR ATmega2560.  There are links to documentation and hardware that can be used with the chip:

    ATmega2560

     

    If you wanted to go with a low cost programmer here's a YouTube video that someone did on just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT-d0di_Hq0

    You can also use AVRDude.  Another good site to pose your question is AVR Freaks ( www.avrfreaks.net ).

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    The usual IDE for Atmel chips is Atmel Studio (currently version 7).  There are physical connections that have to be made with some type of link between a computer and the chip. 

     

    One of the least expensive options for a breadboarded chip is Freetronics USB adapter and the Arduino IDE.  You can break out the pins to serve as a programmer.  Up in price from there would be Atmel's programmers (AVR Dragon, for example), or a Segger (if you want the Cadillac programmer).

     

    Here's a link to the Atmel page on the AVR ATmega2560.  There are links to documentation and hardware that can be used with the chip:

    ATmega2560

     

    If you wanted to go with a low cost programmer here's a YouTube video that someone did on just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT-d0di_Hq0

    You can also use AVRDude.  Another good site to pose your question is AVR Freaks ( www.avrfreaks.net ).

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