Thanks!!! This was VERY helpful. I understand what's happening a lot better now! Appriciate the time you took to explain it. I understand it will work, but I'm still not quite sure of the steps I need, though. Let me tell you the options I'll choose, and if you can fill in the missing steps...
- I would like to write the code in the Arduino IDE environment, as I'm familiar with that (I self taught).
- I would like to convert my UNO into an ISP. So I load the ArduinoISP sketch onto it, correct?
- Then to use my UNO as the ISP (In System Programmer--just reading up on that a bit), so I would connect the serial motor board to my UNO with the ICSP headers as in the webpage:
Robotics - Vision Experiments: Re-programming the ROB-09571 (Serial Controlled Motor Driver) - Now, to get my compiled sketch on the second board, do I have to use what he used on that webpage (WINAVR) or is there a way to use the Arduino IDE to send the two files (main.hex & eep.hex) to the second board. I know that normally the Arduino IDE loads the sketch directly onto the UNO, via Serial, but does it have an option to load this second board, now that my UNO is the 'ISP'?
thanks!
So what steps would I take?
Can I write the sketch compile it in Arduino IDE, and it is created/stored somewhere in the form of the files needed (main.hex, and main.eep)?
Can I use the Arduino IDE somehow to load it through my UNO via it's ICSP header connected to this motor board's ICSP?
...or do I need that other program --WINAVR...