Atmega 324 and arduino bootloader

Hi

Can I use Arduino to put a bootloader on a 324 on an Uno base-board using STK500 compatible ISP prgrammer, and then use Arduino to load sketches to the 324 ?

I can program the bootloader to a 168 no problem using arduino environment.

Or maybe that's a poor way of doing it though (I'm new to ISP).

My problem is:

I have a sketch written for the 328 which is far too big for the 128 (I've tried the tips on skinny-fying it with no joy)
STK500 doesn't support 328 but supports 128 and 324
the 324 has enough flash for the sketch, so I hope to use that.

Can anyone help?

cheers

Yes. Follow the recent threads for the '1284, may have to adjust signature fuses for the smaller memory'd 324.
Then again you can always jump to the 1284 if you need even more room.

Hi,
Although I haven't tried boot loading the 324 I have programed it using the Arduino IDE., and cores on a project perf., board where it worked perfectly.

Chris S.board

Check out the MightyCore. It got support for the ATmega324 (plus many more pin compatible ones), and you can still use Arduino as ISP for setting fuses and burning the bootloader.

Yep! Mighty core works well for me with many peripheral Arduonoisable AVR., chips.