Does atmega 128 work with arduiino language, just reduced number of GPIO's compare to the 1280 or?
Its possible to connnect a usb to serial cable to the ICP header for communication or?
I got a board with just icp header and an atmega 128 which i would like to program by using the ardiuino IDE.
I will use STK500 to upload the bootloader to the board.
If you have an ISP programmer to connect to the 6 pin connector you need neither a bootloader nor a serial line nor USB nor whatever.
Just change the entry in your boards.txt file and that's it...
All this USB/bootloader schnick-schnack is meant to obsolete an ISP programmer (which BTW is a excellent idea, but should not hinder you in your work by becomming a philosophy)
and i WANT to burn the arduino bootoader onto it and use it as i do with my duemillanove. burning the bootloader and the programms via ISP is ok for me. still possible?
So if you do want :
And of course you can! As with the "2009" there is nothing on a Mega board but a voltage regulator and a serial adapter.
Any USB/TTL break-out board (5 through 15 Euro) will work, also the 5V supplied by USB. Lookout what comes out for auto rest! Some have DTR some already a "reset pulse". In case of a level DTR, you need a cap to reset (around 10nF... 100 nF is still fine though oversized..)