Hey guys. I’ve shorted some pins on one of my SSC-32s by accident and ATmega168 burned out. The board itself is still OK and all channels are working since I’ve tested it with an older ATmega8 with v1.x firmware I had laying around. I can’t find a flashed ATmega168 on either Lynxmotion, or RobotShop websites at the moment. And seeing how there are no instructions how to flash a bootloader onto a blank chip, what’s my best bet on how to officially fix this? Thanks.
We no longer offer the flashed 328, but you can purchase a normal one and re-flash it.
robotshop.com/en/atmega328-a … oader.html
lynxmotion.com/p-395-ssc-32- … oller.aspx
? SSC-32 has Atmega 168 and has special bootloader so not sure if that will work?
CBenson, I think kurte is right. Hence my original question. Right now I’m thinking of flashing an unofficial compatible bootloader that accepts SSC-32 firmware on a blank ATmega168 as soon as I get an AVR programmer. But I was hoping for an official solution.
Unfortunately it’s really rare that chip is fried so we discontinued the separate ATMega chip.
Well, that sucks. One of the main reasons I like SSC-32 is that it’s easy to replace a DIP chip in case it burns out. I guess I’ll have to fix it on my own.
Would you be willing to release a HEX image of the code for the SSC-32?
Some of us could burn it with Atmel tools.
Alan KM6VV
Not hard to find: simply do a google of: ssc-32 bootloader
Not just the boot loader, but the SCC-32 running code also.
Alan KM6VV
Once you have the bootloader installed, you can upload the firmware from the Downloads section of this page:
Thanks.
I had forgotten about the downloads. were they pulled for a while?
That should take care of the fried chip mentioned above.
Alan KM6VV
No, the downloads for the firmware updates have always been available.