I have a question regarding the ArduinoISP bootloader shield and was hoping for some clarification...
http://www.adafruit.com/products/462#Description
My understanding was that to bootload the receiving circuit required the 16mHz crystal in place, but the ISP shield does not have a crystal connected to the bootloading ATMega. I'm guessing I am incorrect in that notion, and that I could use the shield to bootload then transfer the chips to my circuit (with the crystal in place) and do the sketch uploading there.
Thank you
Arduino ISP
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Re: Arduino ISP
I think I may have answered my own question, I just saw the Digital Pin 9 to ATMEGA Pin 9, which from what I gather is providing a clock signal
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Re: Arduino ISP
When you program a microcontroller, the ISP runs the show. In that setting, the chip being programmed is just an SPI slave being told what to do.
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