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[birdofprey]

Hello,

Im totally new to this, learning as I go.

I had a friend write a program for a ATMEGA328P-PU and write me a chip so I could design the PCB for it (basically its a LED display driver)
I have since ordered more chips and the USBtiny to write the core to them.

The code is in ___.asm I know it works on this microcontroller as I have the prototype here with it on it.

What do I have to do to get this code on to my ATMEGA328P? Is the USBtiny the wrong writer for my application or am I missing step that makes the .asm searce code work with this?

Thanks!
-Charles

[Len17]

You'll need the software tools to compile the assembler code (.asm) to machine code (a .hex file) and load it onto the chip via the USBtiny.

Check out ladyada's AVR programming tutorial: http://www.ladyada.net/learn/avr/
That tutorial doesn't explain how to compile the .asm source (and I haven't written assembler code since before the AVR was invented). If you don't have the .hex file, get your friend to explain how to generate it. If you're lucky he set up a makefile to make it easy.

[birdofprey]

I got it to work, I used AVR Studio and opened the .asm and built the .hex file.