AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Dyan Fassett" <kv9r@...> wrote:

> All I'm saying is think of all the posibilities that
> can occur before you paint yourself into a corner.

Ok, so, what we have is this ... if you don't provide a means of 
directly programming the chip (JTAG, ISP, etc.) in a product and 
instead rely on a Flash loader to upgrade the application firmware:

1 - You must make sure the Flash loader is in the chip before it is 
soldered to the board.

2 - You must make sure that the Flash loader is working properly and 
does everything you need it to.

3 - You must have a special build of the product with an OCD 
interface in order to use on-chip debug for application development.

I think we can all agree with this.  So, if the OP has all these 
ducks in a row, we shouldn't berate him.  On the other hand, we 
should heed the voice of experience when you remind us that we may 
think we have our ducks in a row but one of them turns out to be 
lame.  Finally, mixing metaphors is not such a good idea after all.

Graham.