Which avr programmer

Does anyone know if this one does? Basically this is just a clone of their programmer so it would have the same issue with the larger memory devices. That being said, I've successfully loaded the bootloader on an Arduino Mega which uses the so results are a bit spotty on those chips.

I found it worked once for me too. After that i bricked all the 's i had before i found out indeed the usbtinyisp isnt up to it. Has anyone gotten this thing to work with avrdude on Linux?

I've tried 6. Now this programmer is working in the Linux Slackware I have installed this packages avr-binutils, avr-gcc, avr-libc and avrdude version 6. PS: I am using atmegap. I have a older version of this product which is PGM Please help me installing this in win8.

I worked with it very fine in win xp. Now i need someones help Sure enough, the MOSI on the 6-pin plug was open. I stuck a few male-male jumpers between the pin plug and my target AVR and bingo-presto, it worked perfectly.

Evidently, the ribbon cable was defective. I suggest buying a spare, or just making your own. I hope this helps someone out there. Now I'm off to find some ribbon cable-making doohickeys I followed all instruction step by step but it still doesn't work Thank you. I plugged the PP into my Arduino and was able to download the boot.

I was at first discombobulated by not seeing any COM port, but that didn't seem to matter. However, when I plugged in a virgin ATtiny13 and tried to download the bootloader, I got an error message.

Any suggestions? This doesn't work. I added a dot to my ribbon cable connector on my AVR programmer so I quit hooking it up backwards. I like this idea, and will get out my cable to do this right now. If you look at the plastic very carefully, you'll notice a small arrow denoting pin 1, but it's difficult to see and obscured by the ribbon cable.

Thanks for the tip. Hex:i this is for atmegap chip Works on Arduino nano. Check use output window apply OK. That will program the chip. I am planning to make a board with a xbee onboard in a socket so I can remove it while burning the bootloader , the RX and TX for the xbee Will be connected to other pins than the regular RX TX pins. I want to program my sketches with a FTDI. There Will be no other components that can handle 5V. I got this to work a few times over a month or so, but today when I connect it, the computer appears not to assign a port to it.

I've tried multiple ports. Anyone know what I can do? Should I buy an Atmel programmer and give up on this device? Silly me. I was specifying my programmer as stvv1 when running avrdude forgot to update my makefile. If anyone else makes this error, use this as a guide: avrdude -p atmegap -c usbtiny -U flash:w:main.

Hi, I followed all the steps given by BeagleBoy but still I am having an error. Could not find USBtiny device. Why am I getting the error. I double checked all the connections Thanks for the assistance. I have been using this with Ubuntu Worked out of the box, awesome possum, rock 'n roll etc. Thanks for a great tool! A couple of tips: 1. Make sure the "Power board" switch is in the correct position.

Make sure no other components are connected to the programming pins of the MCU. Also, the connector diagrams show the way the male connectors on the board should be wired up. I initially thought that it was a diagram of the face of female connector. Nothing I have been told to do has worked for Windows 7.

But I saw a forum that said to download the USBtiny driver from ladyada. After downloading this driver the programmer began working perfectly on my Windows 7 OS. This might not fix it right away because I tried a few other things first that may or may not have helped.

Hope this helps everyone. Hi guyz, need help. Any help would be appreciated. I have an issue with the programmer I need to hold the reset button in order to make the programmer works.

Invalid device signature. I bought this programmer a few months ago and had difficulty recently getting it working with my Mac. However, it turned out to be "user error". I needed to flash my Uno for use with Grbl. The cable should point toward the reset button of the Uno. Also, I was getting verification errors with Avrdude.

The Grbl wiki suggested using the '-D' option. Once I removed the '-D' everything worked perfectly. Here is my setup: Mac OS: I hope that helps anybody deciding whether they want to purchase this programmer to use with their Mac. Just spent a while trying to get the drivers to install on windows 8 x6.

Tried a few of the different hacks out there and they didn't work. Finally got the driver to install by restarting windows 8 with the "disable digital signature enforcement" feature to by pass the signature. I tried with sparkfun's driver download and it did not work even with the signature enforcement disabled, then I tried with LadyAda's usbTiny driver download and got it working.

Hey AsaJ from the past, I'm working from the same tutorial. None of them work. I have the driver installed. Hmm, can't help you there. I kinda skipped the makefile stuff.

Even then I avoided makefiles. Checks, compiles, and uploads in one fell swoop. Are you getting an error from AVRDude? Just plug and go. If I unplug and replug the programmer, it works for a while. Then it won't find it again. A simple unplug-replug will make everything work again. Haven't tested under Linux yet. Overall I love it, with the unintrusive small form factor, has both ISP plugs, and target power. Makes things so much easier! I also recommend to upgrade the firmware in this thing to V1.

Is there actually any use to JP1? When I look at the Eagle files it seems as if it's always "closed" anyways. Sorry if this is a stupid question but i have the avr programmer driver installed n everthing but i have a question How do i burn the arduino mega bootloader back to the arduino using winavr just incase i modify the bootloader?

I purchased this to program some ATTinys. However, I don't see how to program it with this programmer, as the socket on this cable does not match up with the pins on the ATTiny How do I use this cable to program it? My mistake. This programmer worked flawlessly for me, using Ubuntu One little note: you have to be in super user mode, so the comands are: sudo avrdude -b -c usbtiny -p mp -v -e -U efuse:w:0xm -U hfuse:w:0xD6:m -U lfuse:w:0xFF:m.

However, now that I got the command line method working 3 minutes after unpacking the programmer , I prefer the flexibility of specifying the hex file anyways. Great device. I am able to get this hardware to install on my Win7 64bit, but as far as actually using it with the Arduino software, no luck. It doesn't show up as a COM port, and using Arduino 1. Can anyone who has actually used this device with the Arduino software, please post a video of the full usage?

Uploading directly to any atmega chip. Not sure if you still need help but Also make sure that your libusb is loaded correctly. I created a custom inf with the latest libusb drivers and the programmer is working fine for me. If you still need help I can make a Video of the full installation A video would be nice. I can't seem to get this thing to work. I've even tried swapping a chip out of an Arduino that works just to use that as a platform for burning a bootloader, with no success.

What happens if you try to upload without plugging in the programmer? I'm thinking it's finding the programmer, but not the chip. My first mistake was thinking that the diagram of the connector on the programmer schematics was looking at the face of the connector. I finally made some progress when I realized it's actually a diagram of the male connector. So it's mirrored. The other thing that gave me that message was the "power board" switch. Way late, but: I got it working by not using the cable.

I used Female to Male hookup wires and hooked it up via This guide. Using an Arduino to do the programming was alright, but I proke a chip's pins and ended up making it permanent to the Arduino. I'm curious if buying a new cable will fix the issues? I needed this to program the smd simon. I spent three days trying to get it to work. If not for two comments in this section I never would have. It worked great after that but I still could not find any disciption on what the lights or jumpers mean.

Use the no power switch and power the simon by battery. And finally if it still does not work switch the cable around on the simon board. Man I sure learned alot though.

Now to program in a debounce for the buttons. The only thing I'd change with this thing are the LEDs, which in my oppinion are way too bright. It actually hurts my eyes looking at them It would be nice to have a 3. Some circuits I've built do not have 5v tolerant parts. Even better would be one that supports 1. A little header with jumpers to select the resistors used for an adjustable regulator could do the trick. That might be cost prohibitive prohibitive though.

I apologize if this a stupid question. After beating my head against the wall for a while trying to get this to work under Windows 7, I finally got it working.

Just a stupid thing, I've tried the command above and it does not work, I think -p flag is supposed to be mp for Atmega, not "atmega". Would like to know before buying it On Mac I've written a nice piece of software to make using AVRDude easier. It uses a gui to generate the dos code. Thanks, tfv. Is it correct that the programmer will not work for flash sizes above 64k?

Never mind, found all the info I needed right here. The developmental tools including in AVR S5 are great and really makes coding 'fun' but on a microcontroller, bytes vs Kbytes is a big deal. And then I just plug the programming cable to the correct IC pins in-circuit? Has anybody tried it with an ATTiny? Yea, you are correct, it does come with the programming cable. You'll have to buy one. And yes, that is what you do - just plug in the cable to the correct pins in circuit after installing the usb tiny isp drivers and use avrdude to program.

I successfully programmed an ATTiny You are good to go. I'll answer myself one of the questions: according to the description and the photos, the AVR programming cable DEV is included. Works fine though. For half the price a good value. The programmer worked as a USBTiny for me with avrdude.

I sent a. No problem! I re-installed the bootloader. Normally, uploading a. For os x I get this error in Linux and Windows x Any known ways to fix this? Set the -B switch to 32 and it started to work.

The board works fine in Linux too! I don't need to do this yet, but it would give great peace of mind! It's not clear to me. You'll need to find a copy of a Windows installation though. For Windows 7 bit, use the solution provided by BeagleBoy above. Sounds to me like Linux is the easier of the two I have this programmer but would not recommend it's purchase.

It's extremely finicky. Sometimes it works and other times it fails to initialize. There seems to be no pattern to when it works and when it does not. I wish I had saved my money and just gone out and bought the Atmel programmer.

I have this programmer and it's finicky if you use it in the manner described by the tutorial with wires pushed into the IDC connector.

If you actually fashion a proper header on your board so you are always get good contacts it works pretty well. I would not recommend it's purchase if you use Windows 7 as SparkFun apparently refuses to put any effort into Windows 7 driver support. Both boards use the 6-bin ISP header and it doesn't make any difference which orientation I connect the 6-pin end of the included cable or whether I have the power switch set to "Power Target" or "No Power" with external power to the board.

I installed the Windows Driver linked to above and the board seems to be recognized OK. At this point I am dead in the water. Any thoughts? Thank you! I'm confused. What connects to the other end of the cable if all I have is the chip to program and it's not in anything? Is there additional hardware I need to put the chip in that connects to the cable? You would need to built it up on a breadboard or something.

Can this product be used for anything that uses ICSP? Lot's of references to ".. Would it be possible to get a 1MHz clock output on one of those spare pins to make available for clocking AVR chips that need it? That would be super handy. It all "just worked" for me -- right out of the box. No Googling, no configuring. It's just fine and dandy. But it always recovers and completes the write without a problem. I can't tell what type of USB connector is on the programmer.

Is that a type A or type B? What cable is needed to connect this to a PC? Just to be clear, does this think work on OS X I'm seeing some "yes"s here and "no"s elsewhere Does this thing have low frequency support?

I have had no luck with this programmer with BitCloud on the atmegarfa1. So if you plan to do any programming with the atmegarfa1, this is not the programmer to use. Can this be used for the Beginning Embedded Electronics Tutorial instead of the parallel port programmer? I want to use my laptop's USB port -- it doesn't have a parallel port or serial port. Is there a better solution?

Is it used only when using an external crystal? Which setting is to supply the circuit and which setting is to use external power source? I was having problems with Windows 7 and using a Virtual Machine Fedora 12 on getting this to work. I followed the Getting Started tutorial and modified what I needed to modify and it worked flawlessly! I was programming an ATtiny I can give more info on this if requested.

So, I need CrossPack, Xcode, and this programmer? Also, make sure you have the pins going to the right places, or it won't work. I'm usually on IRC with this handle, so if you have any problems, just message me there. I read one person's comment that with the download from usbtiny website it should work with AVR Studio. I am thinking about getting it and would like to know for sure if will. Which pins correspond to the Programmer? I bought from you a AVR pocket programmer. I do not understand however what the Power Target and No Power switch settings mean.

My at90usb MCU on the target, which need to be programmed, runs at 3. Or can this PIN 2 be left unconnected? I am looking forward to your answer. Is this possible? Thank you, GTMEstudent. I installed windows driver successfully on both windows 7 and XP.

None of them shows the COM port. Would be ideal if it worked with bit Windows, but because the driver is unsigned it can only be used with bit versions of Windows. I've used it to program several ATTiny13s and it worked perfectly, but I have to copy the. Highly recommended if you use bit Windows. But if you have bit Windows, you should avoid this product since the driver won't work on your computer. Don't be fooled by the bit driver that you see in the ZIP file.

It is unsigned and therefore won't install on Vista x64 or Windows 7 x I posted this on the recent new products announcement with no response, so I'll post it again here so people know: Is there any improvement to the driver situation for the pocket programmer?

It is really tricky to get working on my windows 7 x64 computer, and that's the most common configuration shipping these days! You guys really ought to make it more clear that it doesn't work as well as you guys say. I actually had to abandon mine and use the AVR Dragon because i couldn't get this thing working reliably!

If you Google around there are instructions on how to install unsigned drivers on Windows 7 x That's what I did and it now works perfectly fine.

If I find the exact instructions again I will post them. However, I do not like the fact that you've chosen not to break out 5 pins on the ATTiny.

These could be useful, especially if 3 pins could be borrowed from one of the other connectors. Don't just leave them there. At least give us some vias or test points to solder onto!

But it should work with avrstudio too. There is a download link on the usbtiny website. The picture hasn't been updated yet. The only change is the header. It's simply a production change. So no fix to the USB problem? From the comments on the item page for the old item of the board it seemed like the problems people were having with the device's USB connection were electrical in nature a voltage issue as I recall , and occurred in some cases on all OSes I have found one problem with the programmer.

If you plug the programmer into a USB port while it is connected to a circuit with the 'power target' switch set to on, no USB connection is made. Just found this today Years ago I bought one of these to program an ATTiny85 for a project.

Did great when I had it hooked up to my MacBook Pro at the time. Works great with AVRDude. Downsides, and it was probably due to my setup issue, was Windows didn't work too well with it and any virtual machine with Linux didn't work too well on same Windows machine. Other than that, great little thing for those times you need to program a bare MCU without a bootloader. Full disclosure: I make and sell a competitive product on Tindie. The hobby market has somwhat settled on the atmega It's cheap enough to not worry about it's price, just buy them in batches of 10 or so, and it has enough peripherals and capacity 32k Flash so you won't run out of storage too soon, and there are plenty of "arduino" clone boards with this processor.

Any "arduino" board can be used without the "arduino" framework. Most even have the 6-pin connector layout for use with any regular ISP programmer. It is rare that a shipment does not arrive, but every now and then it does happen.

After Microchip bought Atmel they seem to want to merge the toolchains. I believe mplab also supports some? AVR processors now. I suspect they want to do something similar with the programmers, and the discount was because they wanted to get rid of old stock before putting something new on the market.

When I was using the dragon a few years ago, I was having some issues with intermittent upload failures. I do get the differentiation with programming vs programming with debugging, and I can honestly say I have never written a piece of code more complicated than blink that didn't require a second pass or many passes.

With that said perhaps I am misunderstanding the concept of debugging with microcontrollers? My intent is to be able to place breakpoints and step through code in the micro. I only used the Dragon as an overpriced ISP device before real life halted my hobby. Also I assume the specific application would affect the micros ability to code step?

For example time sensitive code with peripherals. However, at the moment your AVR hits a breakpoint and stops, then all timing dependent stuff wil get thrown out of the window immediately. There I can use breakpoints and single line stepping all I want. For low level timing sensitive debugging I use a Logic Analyser and techniques such as described in the link below.

Timing inpact is pretty minimal, and the synchronous lineup of what your hardware actually does in combination with the debug output is a very convenient way to find bugs. The enourmous zoom factor of the Logic Analyser Software Sigrok is also a big help in finding bugs.

There are also some very low cost unboxed programmers on Ebay that can be used with Arduino. Atmel themselves have stopped producing this programmer but there are some excellent clones available. The best in our option is from Waveshare as it is completely compatible with the original and has more ISP connector options — 6-way, way and flying leads.

If you are serious about development, you could use a combined programmer and ICE instead. In addition to the ISP functionality it is also an emulator so that you can debug your code as well. Both these AVR ISPs are excellent for code development as they are integrated into the development environment but this advantage disappears once your code is finished. AVRStudio is large and complicated and having to run it, or get someone else to use it, just to program a few chips gets really tedious.