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What would be a good way to program an MCU in a mid sized (few hundred) batch?

I'm looking to have a few hundred boards made and they all have an MCU on them, that will need programming. With large scale production, it seems the way to go is usually programming the IC/MCU before ...
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Include UUIDs in embedded firmware image

I do have firmware for an embedded device, which has several UUIDs in flash. The UUIDs have to change for every controller flashed in production. There is no EEProm available - only flash. I'm ...
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Programming many Atmega328p at once for mass production

How can I program multiple ATmega328p at once? Like, for example, the Arduino Uno. How do they program it for mass manufacturing production?
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Production programming: is there a practical size limit to serialization length? [closed]

This is a follow on question from the answers of these two: Is it practical for firmware to be uniquely identified in production How to verify hardware is legitimate I would like to be able to ...
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Serial programming of several AVR microcontrollers simultaneously via ISP interface

I'd like to put several PCBs in a panel with only one ISP connector routed to each MCU in parallel. I hope that it will be no problem that many MCU's outputs will be connected together as it is ...
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How to program modules on assembled PCBs?

Suppose a Bluetooth module like the HC-05 is part of the PCB design. During production, how/when are the modules programmed? Is each programmed before or after assembly? If it happens after assembly, ...
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Preprogrammed Atmel microcontrollers?

Where can you buy preprogrammed atmel microcontrollers such as the attiny13a microcontroller in a surface mount package? I know you can buy preprogrammed PIC microcontrollers, but not atmel ...
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