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Software => Software => Topic started by: blackbeard on September 29, 2010, 12:22:44 PM

Title: how to use this dohicky (avr isp )
Post by: blackbeard on September 29, 2010, 12:22:44 PM

ok so i ordered this thing on ebay a while ago and to be honest i have no idea how it works or what software to use with it. can you help an impulsive electronics buyer out

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Title: Re: how to use this dohicky (avr isp )
Post by: Admin on September 29, 2010, 02:58:33 PM

Whats it called?

My bet is that it works with AVR Dude.

Title: Re: how to use this dohicky (avr isp )
Post by: billhowl on September 29, 2010, 06:09:41 PM

This programmer is based on Thomas Fischl's USBasp design and connects to your computer's USB port. Not only is it quite compact, but the design is really elegent. The USB interface is achieved by using an atmega processor and the rest is done in firmware. For those interested, the firmware source code can be downloaded from the USBasp (http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/) website.

Some of the features include:

Support for AVRDude from version 5.2 onwards
Allows you to to read or write the microcontroller EEPROM, firmware, fuse bits and lock bits
Support for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (will work on vista)
5 KB/sec maximum write speed
Software controlled SCK option to support targets with low clock speed (< 1.5MHz)
10 pin ISP interface

Windows drivers can be downloaded from http://www.protostack.com/download/USBasp-driver-0.1.12.2.zip (http://www.protostack.com/download/USBasp-driver-0.1.12.2.zip)
A users manual can be dowloaded from http://www.protostack.com/download/Users Guide (AC-PG-USBASP-UG-V1.2).pdf (http://www.protostack.com/download/Users Guide (AC-PG-USBASP-UG-V1.2).pdf)

Title: Re: how to use this dohicky (avr isp )
Post by: blackbeard on October 01, 2010, 10:18:16 AM

thanks allot! super helpful as usual