rg.jones@rogers.com wrote:
Hi Matt, mdj wrote: <snip>Of course, this isn't useful functionality in the development cycle, but it's handy post-production, since regular users could then "flash" their devices to handle the latest improvement.I agree that would be a handy thing to have but don't most uC's need a dedicated programmer? Some uC's can be flashed over usb. The AT90USB1287 being one of them. This has both a host mode and device mode in addition to being USB flashable.
And some uC's contain "boot code" that allows them to program themselves over a serial port, for example. -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."