RE: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem

[Weddington, Eric]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> address@hidden 
> [mailto:address@hidden
> rg] On Behalf Of Ville Voipio
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:39 AM
> To: avrdude-dev
> Subject: Re: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem
> 
> First of all, let me emphasize I am strictly talking about the factory
> floor. Whatever I say is not intended as a criticism against what is
> being done. Someone, however, just said the magic words 
> "factory floor",
> which triggered my interest.
> 
> ---
> 
> > That's what the combined ELF file is intended for.
> 
> Almost. But what I think is missing in the ELF file is the possibility
> to include written instructions plus pictures in a 
> helpfile-like manner.
> The point here is that on the factory floor the people do not
> necessarily know where to put the programming connector, how 
> to sequence
> the power, etc.
> 
> Anything goes, HTML, even PDF which then opens in another 
> program, etc.
> 
> This is a question that should not arise with embedded 
> developers in the
> lab, as usually we try to remember where and which way we have put the
> programming connector. And if we make a mistake, we suffer, 
> not others.
> 
> If the GUI has no such possibility, the only other 
> alternative I know od
> is having written, printed, laminated instructions on the 
> table next to
> the computer. In the subcontracting world every batch seems to be
> programmed by a different person.

Well the ELF file is certainly not intended for something like that
(adding HTML, PDF, whatever), and never will be. But the point is that
now the ELF file contains the fuse and lockbit information, which it
didn't before. The ELF file now has everything concerning the
*application* itself.