Dasduino CORE programming in Microchip Studio without bootloader

Customer:

I purchased an ATmega328 board from you and now I cannot upload a program to it. I’m working in Microchip Studio. I’m wondering if it’s enough to just connect USB to the computer or if I need a programmer and bootloader.

Original message (Croatian)

Kupio sam kod vas plocicu ATmega 328

I sad nemogu prebacit program na nju

Radim u microchip studio programu

Pa me zanima dali je dovoljno samo ukljucit usb u kompjuter ili trebam programator i boatloder

Originally submitted via email support on 28 August 2025. Migrated to the forum for community visibility.

Soldered Support:

Which product exactly did you purchase? If you got the Dasduino CORE (Browse All Categories | Soldered), it has a bootloader built in and can be programmed from Arduino IDE.

If you only have an ATmega328P chip (https://soldered.com/product/atmega328p-smd-microcontroller/), this chip requires a bootloader and additional hardware for programming. See this tutorial: https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/programming-atmega328p-microcontroller-with-arduino-ide/

Original message (Croatian)

hvala na upitu! Možeš li mi reći točno koji proizvod si kupio, jesi li uzeo naš Dasduino CORE? Browse All Categories | Soldered
On na sebi ima bootloader i može se programirati iz Arduino IDE-a.

Ili samo ATmega328p chip? https://soldered.com/product/atmega328p-smd-microcontroller/
Ovaj chip treba bootloader i dodatni hardver za programiranje, vidi ovaj tutorial: https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/programming-atmega328p-microcontroller-with-arduino-ide/