Am I able to build and export a .hex file without a bootloader using VMicro in Visual Studios?

Colin Davis 0 Reputation points
2023-03-08T20:31:35.0566667+00:00

I am using the Vmicro Extension and specifically the 328pb MCU opened in Visual Studios. I am working on a project and noticed that upon compilation and upload there is a file <project>.ino.hex that is generated. This file contains the bootloader for the 328pb which is great for initial upload, but when needing to deploy updates to the project I would like to be able to just upload a new .hex file of the new software. Similarly in the Arduino IDE, in your project's location you can see a <project>.ino.hex and a <project>.ino.bootloader.hex or something similar like that. i.e. two separate hex files, one containing the bootloader and one without. I am wondering if there is a way to do this in VMicro, output both a bootloader hex and a hex WITHOUT a bootloader. Thank you for any and all support!

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