1. Wire your Arduino board to the target as shown in the diagram below. (Note for the Arduino Uno: you'll need to add a 10 uF capacitor between reset and ground.)

1. Wire your Arduino board to the target as shown in the diagram below. (Note that on the Arduino Uno, you'll need to add a 10 uF capacitor between reset and ground.)

1. Open the ArduinoISP firmware (in Examples) to your Arduino board.
2. Note for Arduino 1.0: you need to make one small change to the ArduinoISP code. Find the line in the heartbeat() function that says "delay(40);" and change it to "delay(20);".
3. Select the items in the Tools > Board and Serial Port menus that correspond to the board you are using as the programmer (not the board being programmed).
4. Upload the ArduinoISP sketch.

An Arduino board serving as an ISP to program the ATmega on another Arduino board. On the Arduino Uno, you'll need to connect a 10 uF capacitor between reset and ground (after uploading the ArduinoISP sketch). Note that you need access to the reset pin on the target board, which isn't available on NG or older boards.

Circuit (targeting Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, or Diecimila)

An Arduino board serving as an ISP to program the ATmega on another Arduino board. On the Arduino Uno, you'll need to connect a 10 uF capacitor between reset and ground (after uploading the ArduinoISP sketch). Note that you need access to the reset pin on the target board, which isn't available on NG or older boards.

1. Use the Burn Bootloader > Arduino as ISP command.

NOTE: Currently, you cannot use an Arduino Uno as an ISP programmer because the optiboot bootloader does not support this sketch. A revision for this is in progress.

Circuit (targeting Arduino Duemilanove or Diecimila)

Circuit (targeting Arduino NG or older)

Circuit (targeting an AVR on a breadboard)

See the Arduino to Breadboard tutorial for details.

Using an Arduino board to program an ATmega. Because no external clock source is connected, the ATmega must be configured to use its internal clock.	Using an Arduino board to program an ATmega, with external crystal and associated capacitors (18 or 22 picofarads).

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn.

On NG or older boards, connect the reset wire to pin 1 of the Atmega chip on the board, as shown above.

1. Select the item in the Tools > Board menu that corresponds to the board on which you want to burn the bootloader (not the board that you're using as the programmer). See the board descriptions on the environment page for details.

An Arduino board serving as an ISP to program the ATmega on another Arduino board. Note that you need access to the reset pin on the target board, which isn't available on NG or older boards.

1. Select the item in the Tools > Board menu that corresponds to the board on which you want to burn the bootloader (not the board that you're using as the programmer). See the board descriptions on the environment page for details.

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn. This example requires the forthcoming Arduino 0018.

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn. This example requires the forthcoming Arduino 0018.

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn.

Note: This example requires the forthcoming Arduino 0018.

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn.

An Arduino board serving as an ISP to program the ATmega on another Arduino board.

An Arduino as ISP to program an ATmega on a breadboard.

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). You can also use this technique to bypass the bootloader and program the microcontrollers directly. The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn.

To use your Arduino board to burn a bootloader onto an AVR, you need to follow a few simple steps.

1. Upload the ArduinoISP firmware (in Examples) to your Arduino board.

1. Select the item in the Tools > Board menu that corresponds to the board on which you want to burn the bootloader (not the board that you're using as the programmer).
2. Use the Burn Bootloader > Arduino as AVRISP command.

Circuit

Using an Arduino as an AVR ISP (In-System Programmer)

This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). You can also use this technique to bypass the bootloader and program the microcontrollers directly.

Instructions

To use your Arduino board to burn a bootloader onto an AVR, you need to follow a few simple steps:

1. Load the avrisp firmware (below) onto your Arduino board as you would any other sketch.
2. Wire your Arduino board to the target as shown in the diagram below.
3. Select the appropriate item from the Tools > Board menu.
4. Use the Burn Bootloader > Arduino as AVRISP command.