programing the $50 robot with AVRISPmkII

[lobo]

I finished building the $50 dollar robot and all i needed was to program the bot. Well i got all the way to the part where admin says know run the ponyprog program something like that, the problem is that i dont have that program or equipment i have the AVRISPmkII usb. So I'm stuck. How do i finish the programming using this programmer and AVR Studio.

thanks for yas help.

[pomprocker]

did you solder on the 2x3 programming header or the 2x5 header?

[lobo]

I soldered the 2x3

[airman00]

scroll down to where it says

Optional: Dont want to risk the problems some are having with PonyProg2000? Want to upload your program to your robot in under 30 seconds? You could buy the much more expensive (~$34) AVR ISP 2 programmer that is supported by Atmel (Digikey part # ATAVRISP2-ND). Its a much better programmer and supports many other Atmel microcontrollers. You also wouldn't need the PonyProg software and instead could directly connect with AVR Studio:

[lobo]

Okay do i just click on the black button (avr) that says connect to the selected Avr Programmer, when you point at it. Thiis is what admin appears to be indicating. when i click that i get the AVRISP mkII in mode with ATmel dialog window. with the Main, Program, Fuses,LockBits,Advanced,ect buttons. What do it do next?

[airman00]

are you using the ATmega8 or ATmega 168 ?

[lobo]

atmega8

[kevinisnekkid]

On the main page, make sure your ISP setting it 125K (I've tried 250k, but it's flakey for me). Click read signature to make sure everything is working good. Then on the program page, select the .hex file you want to upload, and click program. That's it!

[lobo]

Thanks for yas help, especially kevinisnekkid. I did what you said and it worked. Thanks. If i have any more questions I'll be sure to ask!