Re: [avrdude-dev] firmware update for stk500

[Joerg Wunsch]

As Klaus Rudolph wrote:

> the info tells me that parallel hv programming is
> only supported with firmware 2.x, right?

Right.

> is there a way to get and update the firmware for stk500 boards from
> linux?

Provided you get the firmware file, yes.  However, Atmel's original
firmware files are in a proprietary scrambled or even encrypted format
(suffix .ebn) that is only known to be compatible with their
avrprog.exe.

> I am actually have no windows :-)

Neither do I, so I always have to find a Windows installation for a
firmware upgrade.

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