ARDUINO-CLI-BURN-BOOTLOADER(1)

💖 ARDUINO-CLI-BURN-BOOTLOADER(1) 💖

okay bestie, so you're in the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL, section 1, and the star of today's episode is arduino-cli-burn-bootloader ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

arduino-cli-burn-bootloader — Upload the bootloader. that's it, that's the whole job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

arduino-cli burn-bootloader [flags]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Upload the bootloader on the board using an external programmer. yes, an external programmer — your regular USB cable is not invited to this party, you need the special little gadget 🧚

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --board-options=[] — List of board options separated by commas. Or can be used multiple times for multiple options. mix and match, it's giving flexibility 🦋
• --discovery-timeout=1s — Max time to wait for port discovery, e.g.: 30s, 1m. like, wait for it… ⏳ but not forever.
• -b, --fqbn="" — Fully Qualified Board Name, e.g.: arduino:avr:uno. this is the glow-up name of your board, use it 💖
• -h, --help[=false] — help for burn-bootloader. your lil bestie when you're lost 🙈
• -p, --port="" — Upload port address, e.g.: COM3 or /dev/ttyACM2. where the board lives, literally its address 🏠
• -P, --programmer="" — Programmer to use, e.g: atmel_ice. the external programmer doing the bootloader-ing 🔥
• -l, --protocol="" — Upload port protocol, e.g: serial. how we're talking to it 💬
• --upload-property=[] — Override an upload property with a custom value. Can be used multiple times for multiple properties. custom everything, main character energy 👑
• -v, --verbose[=false] — Turns on verbose mode. it WILL tell you everything, no cap 🗣️
• -t, --verify[=false] — Verify uploaded binary after the upload. double-checking because we're thorough queens fr fr ✅

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

the family traits, passed down from arduino-cli itself, periodt 💜

• --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
• --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for configuration file in this directory).
• --config-file="" — The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used).
• --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format.
• --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output.
• --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written.
• --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json
• --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic
• --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output. (a no-color world… we don't know her 💀)

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli burn-bootloader -b arduino:avr:uno -P atmel_ice

look at that command eating, no crumbs 🔥

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• arduino-cli(1) — go say hi to the parent, it's iconic ⭐

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📜 HISTORY 📜

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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and that's the whole page bestie!! auto-generated by spf13/cobra with all the love, dated Aug 2026, from the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL (section 1) 💖✨🎀 go burn that bootloader, you got this 👑🌈