how to load bootloader

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hello guys,

i have a old avr based development board which uses the atmega 16pu.Since I am not acquianted with embedded C and hence i am interested in bootloading the board with the arduino firmware.i have seen people fry their chips in doing such things and thus i want to take advice from you guys before doing anything on it.

the details of the board are given below given in the manual of the manufacturer

1-includes atmel atmega16 with 16kb of flash memory working at 16Mips
2-in system programmable
3-on board programmer
4-on board regulated power supply
5-power indicator led
6-2 on board dual full hbridge power driver
7-3 leds for debugging purposes
8-3 switches for external inputs/interrupts
9-onboard lcd connector

here is the image of the board

so i wanted to know whether i could upload the bootloader to the board to be used as an arduino?
i am using windows xp sp3 as my operating system
Thanks.

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You may have to build a custom bootloader since the ATmega32 may not be machine-code compatible with the ATmega328P.

The six holes marked SPI look to be the same six signals as the Arduino ISP connector but in one row instead of two. You should be able to connect an ISP device to those pins and program the FLASH in the ATmega32.

You would probably be better served just buying an Arduino.

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ya buying a new arduino would be a better option and thus i would later bootload it.
Thanks