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Title: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: Razor Concepts on July 27, 2009, 01:05:31 PM: Anyone know where to get the 6 pin IDE cable that is in the AVR ISP MKII? Mine wore out and I can't find a replacement.
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: sonictj on July 27, 2009, 01:22:39 PM: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/972

this is the only source I found mine wore out too. I haven't ordered one yet because I couldn't find anything else I wanted from them. I made a cable from molex connectors and servo cable I had on hand (not from servos just the same stuff).
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: GearMotion on July 27, 2009, 02:52:17 PM: Ecros Technology also sells them.
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: chelmi on July 27, 2009, 02:58:46 PM: Quote from: Razor Concepts on July 27, 2009, 01:05:31 PM
Anyone know where to get the 6 pin IDE cable that is in the AVR ISP MKII? Mine wore out and I can't find a replacement.

I was wondering what you where talking about this "6 pin IDE cable". The correct name is 6 conductor ribbon or flat cable.
(IDE is the name of the interface standard for storage device).

I've read somewhere that if you open an AVR ISP MKII you will find a connector with 10 pins. It might be easier to source a 10 pin cable.
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: Razor Concepts on July 27, 2009, 04:04:54 PM: I found the cheapest place to get it, $2 shipped here:
http://alldav.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=17
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: sonictj on July 27, 2009, 08:06:32 PM: Quote
I've read somewhere that if you open an AVR ISP MKII you will find a connector with 10 pins. It might be easier to source a 10 pin cable.

I've read that too but its incorrect do not try it. The 10 pin connector is a JTAG header meant for programming the atmega128 found in the avrispmkII. I fried my friend's atmega8, and I confirmed that the connector was JTAG by which pins were gnd. You risk killing your avrispmkII and your usb port too. When I made my mistake the ptc fuses inside the programmer thankfully tripped and prevented any damage, but I consider myself lucky.
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: chelmi on July 27, 2009, 09:40:51 PM: Quote from: sonictj on July 27, 2009, 08:06:32 PM
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I've read somewhere that if you open an AVR ISP MKII you will find a connector with 10 pins. It might be easier to source a 10 pin cable.

I've read that too but its incorrect do not try it. The 10 pin connector is a JTAG header meant for programming the atmega128 found in the avrispmkII. I fried my friend's atmega8, and I confirmed that the connector was JTAG by which pins were gnd. You risk killing your avrispmkII and your usb port too. When I made my mistake the ptc fuses inside the programmer thankfully tripped and prevented any damage, but I consider myself lucky.

Thanks for the correction !
Title: Re: 6 pin IDE cable?
Post by: galannthegreat on July 27, 2009, 09:58:36 PM: If you are still looking for a replacement check out this post I made a while back.

http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=7588.msg58149#msg58149 (http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=7588.msg58149#msg58149)