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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 02:12:26 PM

Title: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 02:12:26 PM: Ok, I want to use AVR Studio to program directly from AVR Studio to my MCU, and I want a wide range of compatible MCU's. The cheaper ones (relatively speaking, AVR ATMEGA STK500 USB Programmer ISP), it does not support the ATMega8. The reason I am going with a USB Programmer because I want to be able to edit fuses, and everything within AVR Studio, so what is my best bet for a cheap, easy to use, USB programmer for the AVR MCU's, under $50.

Really, what ISP USB AVR programmer do you reccommend?
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: airman00 on January 05, 2009, 05:11:57 PM: MKII ( pronounced MK2 ) programmer
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 05:23:17 PM: I use the MKII and it works perfectly. If you want to go a little cheaper Adafruit has a programmer for $22
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=46
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 06:24:45 PM: Quote from: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 05:23:17 PM
I use the MKII and it works perfectly. If you want to go a little cheaper Adafruit has a programmer for $22
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=46

You cant program that directly from AVR Studio :/
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 06:28:09 PM: Yes you can - it's AVRStudio compatible.
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 06:38:07 PM: Quote from: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 06:28:09 PM
Yes you can - it's AVRStudio compatible.

That doesnt mean you can program straight from AVR Studio :/. In this case, you must set up a COM port emulator and relay the information from the AVR Studio program to the custom AVR C# Program to the COM Emulator to the USB device, all very wierd, which is why she suggests AVR Dude instead.
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: airman00 on January 05, 2009, 06:41:00 PM: I dunno what you are saying but anyways here goes:

I plug in my MKII into the USB
Go into AVRSTUDIO
Press Program
It programs
It works
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 06:42:38 PM: Oh, didnt know it was that complicated. The MKII is probably the easiest way, just how airman explained it.
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 07:08:31 PM: Quote from: Razor Concepts on January 05, 2009, 06:42:38 PM
Oh, didnt know it was that complicated. The MKII is probably the easiest way, just how airman explained it.

Lol, I think were talking about different things, you mentioned LadyAda's AVR Programmer, and I was talking about that, it is NOT the MKII

Anyway, I think I am going to go with the MK2, but it would be $80.00, airman how much was yours/where'd you get it?
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: airman00 on January 05, 2009, 07:22:14 PM: $34 bucks on DigiKey
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=ATAVRISP2-ND
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: MaltiK on January 05, 2009, 07:46:43 PM: Quote from: airman00 on January 05, 2009, 07:22:14 PM
$34 bucks on DigiKey
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=ATAVRISP2-ND

Does it work with the AtMega8? Because that was the problem, finding programmers compatible with it

And does it support both 10 pin and 6pin?
Title: Re: AVR USB Programmer Compatibility?
Post by: Admin on January 10, 2009, 10:06:44 PM: Quote
The cheaper ones (relatively speaking, AVR ATMEGA STK500 USB Programmer ISP), it does not support the ATMega8.
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Does it work with the AtMega8?
*All* of the programmers support the ATmega8.

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And does it support both 10 pin and 6pin?
The MKI supports both, but the MKII only supports 6 pin.