Programming the M32

Once the program is compiled, it's ready to be loaded into the memory of the DevBoard-M32.  Bascom has a built-in programmer that works with the DevBoard-ISP programming cable.

Click on Program/Send to Chip to bring up the Programmer dialog box. Be sure the DevBoard-M32 has power connected and the programming cable is plugged into the IDC socket on the board and connected to the PC parallel port.

If Bascom sees the programmer, this dialog box will appear. In the programming dialog box, you can erase, program and verify the flash memory, load up the EEProm memory and set the fusebits.  We'll cover fusebits a little later.

To load your program into the M32's chip, click the Auto-Program button on the toolbar as shown above.

A dialog box will show the progress of the program being written to memory and also show the progress of the automatic program verification.

Once the programming is complete, the M32 will begin execution of the program. In this case, there's no problem with the programming starting right away, but if we were to turn on motors, you may find your robot running away with the programming cable still attached.  Keep this in mind when writing your program or by providing a method to disable motors mechanically.

Now let's take a look at fusebits - Changing Fusebits using Bascom