Timeline for Do PCB fabrication houses bootload/upload firmware?
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| Oct 20, 2017 at 4:07 | comment | added | user57037 | @next-hack, the manufacturer of the part should be able to provide this information. I have seen it done both ways, but most of the products I have been involved with were programmed after SMT. | |
| Oct 19, 2017 at 6:32 | comment | added | next-hack | I wonder how reliable is soldering a programmed part. High temperature is well known to cause accelerated charge loss. I know that soldering/reworking of programmed parts is quite common (I have done it myself, and the programmed IC - it had flash - was still working), but I guess it's more reliable programming the ICs AFTER the boards have been soldered, isn't it? | |
| Oct 19, 2017 at 2:54 | vote | accept | M.Schindler | ||
| Oct 19, 2017 at 2:41 | comment | added | The Photon | @JohnD, good point. Edited. | |
| Oct 19, 2017 at 2:41 | history | edited | The Photon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2017 at 2:40 | comment | added | John D | Often if you or your assembly house buys parts from a distributor they will offer this as a service as well, so the parts are programmed by the time the manufacturer gets them. There may be minimum order quantities involved, but it is an available service. | |
| Oct 19, 2017 at 2:36 | history | answered | The Photon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |