[dorkbotpdx-blabber] assembler on the arduino?

[Paul Stoffregen]

> Is there any danger of nuking my Arduino's chip in the process here or 
> does the bootloader offer some protection/restrictions in this regard?

If the "fuse bits" were set properly when the bootloader was written, 
then it is fully protected by hardware and can not be modified by itself 
or any other code running on the chip.  See section 24.4 on page 267 of 
the datasheet for details.