So basically i've been using the Arduino Mega board for my tests, and i now for my next hardware revision i wanted to incorporate the Atmega1280 on PCB it self. And was wondering how would i go about loading the arduino Bootloader on the Chip. I know that, since it has a 100pin TQPF design i'll need a 100pin TQPF burn in socket, and probably a Atmel AVRISP II or something similar. But what i want to know is how exactly would i be able to load the boot loader on the Chip it self. i.e. what pin connections will i need, what software should i be using etc. Basically i'm looking for a how to in regards to loading the arduino bootloader on the atmega 1280.
avrisp programmers connect to the spi ports (MOSI, MISO, and SCLOCK) along with reset and power
ohh really so basically i have to pull out the SPI, power and reset pins and connect them to avrisp? What about software? i mean how would i upload the bootloader? do i just use the Arduino IDE and under upload select the appropriate programmer for uploading the boot loader or do i do some thing else?
no thats pretty much it ( you may have to edit boards.txt to reflect your progammer), you could use avrdude if that does not work which is all arduino's ide is doing anyway
course if you have all this setup you dont even need the bootloader
Hey, Osgeld, something happened to your icon? http://irshell.org/site/images/fbfiles/avatars/3635.png
Hey, Osgeld, something happened to your icon?
Nah, he just didn't handle the 55 day millis() roll over math correctly and his icon is stuck in reset. 
Lefty
its long gone
edit nevermind I found a copy in google