There are a few reasons why you might want to burn a bootloader yourself:
- You are starting with a bare chip, fresh from the factory
- You have ‘bricked’ a processor board and want to repair it
- You have special requirements and want to install a custom bootloader
This page has a number of links to tools and instructions for repairing, customizing and/or burning bootloaders on various microcontrollers:
USBTiny ISP
This device can be used to flash bootloaders or other programs onto AVR Microcontroller boards with ICSP headers.
USBtinyISP is a simple open-source USB AVR programmer and SPI interface. It is low cost, easy to make, works great with avrdude, has both
$22.00
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Standalone AVR Chip Programmer
This board is designed for programming Atmel/Microchip AVR ATmega processors in 28 pin DIP packages.
This shield kit pack will allow you to turn any Arduino into an AVR chip burner! It is specifically designed for people who want to program Atmega328P's to turn them into Arduino...
$17.50
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Segger J-Link Programmer
Segger makes a variety of programmers designed for programming many different processor families and architectures.
The SEGGER J-Link BASE is identical to the cheaper J-Link EDU model except for the terms of...
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Doing some serious development on any ARM-based platform, and tired of 'printf' plus an LED to debug? A proper JTAG/SWD HW debugger can make debugging more of a pleasure and...
$59.95
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And a variety of others!
Toss away your boring old SWD/JTAG adapters! This Black Magic Probe, designed by 1BitSquared with
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