factory-programming atusb
David Reyes Samblas Martinez
david at tuxbrain.com
Fri Apr 1 03:58:56 EDT 2011
2011/4/1 Werner Almesberger <werner at almesberger.net>:
> David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote:
>> I mean to flash the avr chip with bootloader and program at once , not
>> the Nanonote :P
>
> I know :-) But you still need a unique IP address in each Ben.
> The approach I've outlined is one easy way without messing with
> DHCP and such.
>
> Of course, you could also operate them standalone. Then you
> don't need to worry about USB networking at all.
>
> But as I said, you don't really need all this for a good while.
> Do the first 100 boards one at a time yourself. Maybe train some
> student or two, or other cheap worker(s), for the next 1000.
>
> If you have a total of ~250 boards (atben and atusb), flashing
> and testing should take maybe half a day, possibly less. If you
> make the remaining 2 x 400 boards, it's about one a day for two
> people.
>
> Then you have a few weeks to contemplate how to do the next few
> thousand units. I.e., there's no urgency to optimize this :-)
>
> What's important is to have a reliable testing process. You
> don't want defective boards to pass by mistake, not do you want
> to lose time on perfectly good boards that a reported as broken.
Don't worry you know I'm a coward step_by_step_howto_follower_lammer
I dind't have the kills to walk my own :), your wisdom is law to me
master :), we will retake this once adam samples arrive.
>
>> gotcha!!! http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,55245.0.html
>
> It's possible, just not very convenient.
not convenient for atusb but really convenient for ardunote project
:), you can chose to just program or program+bootloader to still being
arduino stuff compatible
>
> - Werner
>
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