[C.CC USERS] Firmware issues

[Matt Jadud]

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:51 AM, David Gilmore <gilmorenator at gmail.com> wrote:
> If its the 2560 that you have then you will need to run this magic script:
http://projects.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/kroc/trac/browser/kroc/trunk/tvm/arduino/scripts/ihexmerge.py
>
> I believe this is a common problem with the Arduino Mega,

Hi Rachel,

David is right (thanks, Dave!). The problem was in the Arduino
bootloader---that is, the software that loads code onto the AVR
itself. It was broken, and was only fixed recently.

We've been moving things around and getting back underway recently,
and I'll try and write up (or point to) some documentation for how you
could update the bootloader on the Mega. This would be a good idea (as
it would fix several subtle bugs that existed in the Arduino Mega's
bootloader), and it would eliminate the need for the ihexmerge.py
script.

Cheers,
Matt