What is meant by programming a chip ?

[kishorekumar_ms]

what is meant by programming

Hi all,
Please clear my doubts..

What is meant by "programming a chip" ?
What is meant by "Flashing code into a chip" ?
What are differences between these two things..??
Here chip may be microprocessor or microcontroller...

Thanks in advance

Kishore Kumar M.S.

 

[GrandAlf]

Dumping program data into the chip
Flashing is same, but means dumping in to permanent (flash) memory.
You could google for this!

 

[kishorekumar_ms]

not cleared.
Can u explain me more..??

 

[GrandAlf]

Most embedded MCUs these days have flash rewritable memory, Pics Atmel etc, as do many memory devices. Flashing is only another way of saying programming into flash memory. Usually with a dedicated chip programmer. The two terms are for the most part interchangeable. Try Googling for Pic chips as a starting point.