Arduino as ISP for ATMega32A MCU's

Using Arduino Microcontrollers
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If I missed an updated post on this issue, please disregard and kindly supply a link...

I am trying to use an UNO board as an ISP programmer for ATMega32a series MCU's. I have read older posts and downloaded the bootloader and boards.txt. BUT it seems that these same elements and board entries appear in the new SDK.

I am using Arduino 1.0.5 but am unsure which board to select when uploading a sketch. I already have the fuses burned, as I did manage to do this via a makefile in atmel studio's command line utility. However I do not wish to use makefiles or command line and would rather use avrdude from within Arduino 1.0.5.

Can anyone assist? Is a pinconfig.h and boards.txt file required for these chips? Or can I simply choose an existing board model from within the Arduino SDK?

Thanks in advance...

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I have read older posts and downloaded the bootloader and boards.txt. BUT it seems that these same elements and board entries appear in the new SDK.

Your new "core" and boards.txt file must be placed in your home Arduino directory structure...
so, on my Windows box, it would look something like ...\Documents\Arduino\hardware

Then make sure you close all Arduino GUI windows and reopen the tool. You should see your new board(s) ... your boards.txt file however must not re-use any existing board name... that is, the name must be unique.

Ray