[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Going Over to the Dark Side

[Paul W Long]

Daniel Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:51 AM, dave madden <dorkbot at mersenne.com> wrote:
>> I just discovered that you can build GCC for many Atmel processors (and
>> I succeeded in doing so), so I'm thinking it might be time to dip a toe
>> in that murky pool.  What's the cheapest way to get an AVR processor
>> that can be bare-metal programmed via serial or USB (or JTAG, if no
>> simpler options exist)?  (I'm asking as someone who's been spoiled by
>> Luminary and NXP ARM boards with a USB-Serial converter built in: I plug
>> in one cable and can download / flash code, then reset and talk to the
>> program over the same connection.)
>>
>> And an extra bonus question: is there a Digikey order going out this
>> Monday for delivery on the 13th?
> 
> I reprogrammed a teesy I got from Paul to be an AVR ISP, and
> reprogrammed an atmel chip in a breadboard with it.  They have a USB
> plug on them, and with breadboardable pins are only $22 I think.

I'm new to AVR's and find myself in possession of a teensy and a bunch 
of ATMEGA168's that need bootloaders. Can you go into a bit more detail 
on how you did this or share some code or otherwise point me in the 
right direction on doing this myself? Perhaps? Prety please.

-pwl