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http://code.google.com/p/arduino/issues/detail?id=554 end of flash memory where they can be read (at least in theory) by device programmers, hex-file examination, or application programs. This is done by putting the version number in a separate section (".version"), and using linker/objcopy magic to locate that section as appropriate for the target chip. (See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/avr-gcc-list/2011-02/msg00016.html for some discussion on the details.) Start the version at 4.1 (the last "packaged" version of optiboot was called version 3, so the "top of source" would be 4.0, and adding the version number makes 4.1) Refactor LDSECTION in the Makefile to LDSECTIONS so that multiple section start addresses can be defined. Change the _isp makefile definitions to make the bootloader section readable (but not writable) by the application section. (This would need to be done elsewhere as well to handle all bootloader programming techniques. Notably Arduino's boards.txt Note that this change does not change the "code" portion of optiboot at all. The only diffs in the .hex files are the added version word at the end of flash memory.
Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the open-source IDE can be downloaded for free. For more information, see the website at: http://www.arduino.cc/ or the forums at: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl To report a bug or a make a suggestions, go to: [hardware] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=hwbugs [software] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=swbugs INSTALLATION Detailed instructions are in reference/Guide_Windows.html and reference/Guide_MacOSX.html. For Linux, see the Arduino playground: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux If you are using a USB Arduino, you will need to install the drivers for the FTDI chip on the board. These can be found in the drivers/ directory. * On Windows, plug in the Arduino board and point the Windows Add Hardware wizard to the drivers/FTDI USB Drivers sub-directory of the Arduino application directory. * On the Mac, install the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6.mpkg package. * On Linux, drivers are included in kernel versions 2.4.20 or greater. CREDITS Arduino is an open source project, supported by many. The Arduino team is composed of Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino, and David A. Mellis. Arduino uses the GNU avr-gcc toolchain, avrdude, avr-libc, and code from Processing and Wiring. Icon designed by ToDo: http://www.todo.to.it/ "About" image created by Thomas Glaser (envis precisely).