I've been using DES bootloader from atmel app note for a while.
The problem is that occasionally my mega8 locks up. It will still accept and complete upgrade, but the application will simply not run any more.
I have to re-program the boot loader to make it work again.
Does anyone have experience with this kind of behaviour? Someone on avrfreaks hinted that there was a problem and linked to a non-existing thread.
The fuses are setup so that no LPM/SPM is allowed in the boot section.
Any clues?
Is this group frequented by AVR users at all? I find it hard to believe that noone uses the DES encrypted bootloader.
noone
I use the AVR family a great deal. No bootloader at all in any of my AVR products (at the moment) - they are factory-programmed once over JTAG or SPI. I'm going to add a bootloader to one of my devices in the foreseeable future, but it will not use any kind of encryption, and it will be loading the upgrade code off a removable flash media card.
Well, if you have products out there and you want to give users a chance to upgrade, you need some kind of load and protection mechanism.
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