OLIMEX AVR-ISP-MK2 User manual

AVR-ISP-MK2 programmer
USER’S MANUAL
Document revision P, February 2018
Designed by OLIMEX Ltd, 2012
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he product is based on Dean Camera's LUFA USB stack. More info at:
http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/
he LUFA library is currently released under the MI license, included below.
Copyright (C) Dean Camera, 016 dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com
www.lufa-lib.org
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose
is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
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pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.
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merchantability and fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, indirect or
consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits,
whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in connection
with the use or performance of this software.
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Table of Contents
DISCLAIMER .................................................................................................................................... 2
CHAP ER 1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................ 5
1. Introduction to the chapter ....................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Features ..................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 arget market and purpose of the board ............................................................................... 5
1.3 Document organization ........................................................................................................... 6
CHAP ER 2 PROGRAMMER DESCRIP ION ........................................................................... 7
2. Introduction to the chapter ....................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Layout (top view) ..................................................................................................................... 7
CHAP ER 2 SE ING UP HE AVR-ISP-MK2 BOARD ........................................................... 8
2. Introduction to the chapter ....................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Electrostatic warning ............................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 8
2.3 Quick setup ............................................................................................................................... 9
CHAP ER 4 RECOMMENDED SOF WARE OOLS ............................................................. 13
4. Introduction to the chapter ..................................................................................................... 13
4.1 AVR Studio and Atmel Studio in Windows ......................................................................... 13
4.1.1 Driver installation for AVR Studio in Windows ........................................................................................ 14
4.1.2 Manually pointing to new drivers (Windows 10 only) .............................................................................. 15
4.1.3 Manually switching between all installed drivers under Windows ......................................................... 15
4.2 Arduino, AVRDUDE, Linux .................................................................................................. 16
4.2.1 Changing firmware for Windows users ...................................................................................................... 16
4.2.2 Changing firmware for Linux (AVRDUDE) users .................................................................................... 19
4.2.3 Using Arduino IDE with AVR-ISP-MK2 .................................................................................................... 21
4.2.4 10-pin ICSP to 6-pin ICSP cable ................................................................................................................. 22
CHAP ER 5 IN ERFACES AND HARDWARE ......................................................................... 23
5. Introduction to the chapter ..................................................................................................... 23
5.1 Programming interfaces ........................................................................................................ 23
5.1.1 10-pin ICSP ................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.1.2 6-pin PDI ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
5.1.3 6-pin PI ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
5.2 Upgrade firmware button ..................................................................................................... 23
5.3 Bootloader restore .................................................................................................................. 24
5.4 Jumpers description .............................................................................................................. 25
5.4.1 ARGE jumper .......................................................................................................................................... 25
5.4.2 POWER jumper ........................................................................................................................................... 25
5.5 LEDs explained ...................................................................................................................... 26
5.6 USB connector ........................................................................................................................ 26
CHAP ER 6 REVISION HIS ORY AND SUPPOR ................................................................. 27
6. Introduction to the chapter ..................................................................................................... 27
6.1 Document revision table ........................................................................................................ 27
6.2 Useful web links and purchase codes ................................................................................... 28
6.3 FAQ ......................................................................................................................................... 28
6.4 Product support ..................................................................................................................... 30
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CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW
1. I troductio to the chapter
Thank you for choosing the AVR-ISP-MK programmer from Olimex! This document provides a
user’s guide for the Olimex AVR-ISP-MK programmer. As an overview, this chapter gives the
scope of this document and lists the programmer’s features. The document’s organization is then
detailed.
1.1 Features
Some of the unit's features are listed below:
Tested and working with: AVR Studio 4; AVR Studio 5; Atmel Studio 6; Atmel Studio 7
Tested and working with AVRDUDE and Arduino IDE
Connects to PC via USB type B connector at .0 Full speed
Does not need external power supply as it takes the power supply from USB
Uses Atmel's ×5 pin ICSP and ×3 pin PDI and TPI connector layout
Works with 5V and 3.3V targets (selectable) and can supply target with power
Programs both flash and EEPROM
Supports fuses and lock bit programming
Upgradeable for future device support
Supports target voltages from 1.8V to 5.5V
 ribbon female-female cables – 10pin and 6pin each 0 cm (8") long
Adjustable ISP programming speed (50Hz to 8MHz SCK frequency)
Dimensions of the box: 45×30mm ~ (1.7×1. )"
AVR-ISP-MK can program tinyAVR and megaAVR devices using the ISP Interface, tinyAVR
devices using the TPI interface, and AVR XMEGA devices using the PDI Interface.
1.2 Target market a d purpose of the board
AVR-ISP-MK is a ready-to-use programmer that behaves like Atmel AVRISP mkII. The board is
suitable for programming microcontrollers that, according to their respective datasheets, have ISP,
PDI, or TPI interfaces available for programming.
The firmware of Atmel AVRISP OLIMEX AVR-ISP-MK is based on the LUFA (Lightweight USB
Framework for AVRs) software project started and maintained by Dean Camera. More info about
the initial software and hardware idea can be found here:
http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/AVRISP.php.
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1.3 Docume t orga izatio
Each section in this document covers a separate topic, organized as follow:
–Chapter 1 is an overview of the board usage and features
–Chapter contains the general board layout
–Chapter 3 provides a guide for quickly setting up the board
–Chapter 4 mentions the main software tools used with AVR-ISP-MK
–Chapter 5 is an explanation of the interfaces, the LEDs and the jumpers position
–Chapter 6 contains the revision history, useful links and support information
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CHAPTER 2 PROGRAMMER DESCRIPTION
2. I troductio to the chapter
Here you would get acquainted with the main parts of the board. Note the names used on the board
differ from the names used to describe them. For the actual names check the AVR-ISP-MK itself.
2.1 Layout (top view)
The programmer comes with two cables (10-pin one and 6-pin one) with female-female plastic
connectors. The 10-pin cable fits only the ICSP10 connector. The 6-pin cable fits both the PDI and
the TPI connectors – it can be used for either of these interfaces.
Note that there is no 6-pin ISP connector provided; there is only 10-pin ISP connector available.
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CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP THE AVR-ISP-MK2 BOARD
2. I troductio to the chapter
This section helps you set up the AVR-ISP-MK development board for the first time. Please
consider first the electrostatic warning to avoid damaging the board, then discover the hardware and
software required to operate the board.
The procedure to power up the board is given, and a description of the default board behavior is
detailed.
2.1 Electrostatic war i g
The AVR-ISP-MK comes in a plastic cover but make sure boards and devices interfacing with the
programmer are properly grounded.
2.2 Requireme ts
In order to set up the AVR-ISP-MK optimally, you might need to update your set of hardware
and/or software tools. The major components needed are listed below.
Required hardware tools:
- USB type A to USB type B cable
- Atmel board or chip that can be programmed via ISP, TPI, or PDI interface. The list of supported
devices is similar to the official AVRISP mkII list that can be found in the official Atmel web-site:
http://www.atmel.com/tools/AVRISPMKII.aspx?tab=devices
- Personal computer with USB port
Recommended operating systems:
- Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 10
- any frequently updated Linux distribution
- any Mac OS/OSX
Recommended software tools:
- Atmel Studio 6 or Atmel Studio 7
- AVRDUDE 6.0.1 or newer
- Arduino IDE
Depending on the connectors available on your target board you might need an adapter called AVR-
ICSP since AVR-ISP-MK doesn't provide 6-pin ISP connector. This adapter is purchased
separately. Alternatively, you can use jumper wires to establish the proper connections (you may
find more details on the hardware connections at the end of chapter 4).
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2.3 Quick setup
The purpose of this sub-chapter is to provide instructions on how to quickly set up AVR-ISP-MK
under Windows.
The quick setup had been tested under Windows 10 x64 and under Windows 7 x64. The quick setup
had been tested with Atmel Studio 7, AVRDUDE v6. compiled for Windows, and Arduino IDE
1.6.7 (which seems to have AVRDUDE v6.0.1).
This quick setup is not suitable for AVR Studio 4.19 (since the drivers for AVR Studio and the
drivers for Atmel Studio are incompatible). The installation instructions for AVR-ISP-MK and
AVR Studio 4.19 can be found further down in this document.
The steps below describe the typical way to use AVR-ISP-MK under Windows.
Step 1: Download and extract the drivers for AVR-ISP-MK . These can be downloaded from the
following location:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/AVR/Programmers/AVR-ISP-MK /resources/DRIVER-MK -
AS-6-7-W10.zip
Step 2: Plug AVR-ISP-MK to your computer via a suitable USB cable.
Step 3: Open “Windows Device Manager” and find the entry for AVR-ISP-MK . Right-click over
it and select “Update Driver Software”. A dialog would pop-up→select the bottom option “Browse
my computer for driver software”. In the next window click “Browse” and point to the folder where
you extracted the drivers (Step 1).
Step 4: Open “Windows Device Manager” again. The programmer should be listed as “AVRISP
mkII” under the “Atmel USB Devices” group. Confirm that the entry for AVR-ISP-MK looks like
the picture below:
If there are problems with the drivers, notice that sometimes Windows automatically assigns
improper drivers to the unit. You would need to manually switch to the proper drivers. Refer to
chapter “4.1. Manually pointing to new drivers (Windows 10 only)”.
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Further down in this sub-chapter you can find some optional steps that would help you use the
newly installed AVR-ISP-MK with several software tools for Windows – Atmel Studio 7;
AVRDUDE 6. ; Arduino IDE 1.6.7.
(Optional) Step 5: Visit Atmel's web-site and download the latest Atmel Studio. You would need to
make a free registration in case you don't have one already. By the time of writing the web page to
download Atmel Studio is this one:
https://www.microchip.com/avr-support/atmel-studio-7
Install Atmel Studio. Inside the studio Olimex AVR-ISP-MK is recognized as “AVRISP mkII”.
Connect your target to the programmer, make sure that sufficient power supply is provided, and test
the connection from “Tools” → “Device Programming”. Select the proper target from the drop
down menu and finally click “Apply”. A successful connection is shown below:
At this point you have AVR-ISP-MK and Atmel Studio 7 successfully working together. If you
also wish to use AVRDUDE continue with the optional steps below.
(Optional) Step 6. Either compile from sources or download a prebuilt release of AVRDUDE. You
can find archives with stable releases at the link below:
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/
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For the Windows test listed below we used avrdude-6. -mingw3 .zip that was uploaded on 0th of
November 015. We also used our board MOD-IO that has an ATmega16a.
Once you have acquired a working version of AVRDUDE - open a command prompt (open search
or run “CMD”) and navigate to the folder that contains avrdude.exe. Make sure your target is
powered and execute a sample command. For example, to check the microcontroller ID of
ATmega16a execute:
avrdude -p m16 -P usb -c avrispmkii -B5
Refer to the picture below:
At this point you have AVR-ISP-MK properly working with AVRDUDE v6. and also with Atmel
Studio 7. If you wish to also test the Arduino IDE connection continue with the next optional step.
(Optional) Step 7. Download the install the latest version of Arduino IDE from the page below:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
For the Windows test listed below we used Arduino version 1.6.7 and our board OLIMEXINO-3 8
which comes with ATmega3 8p.
Start Arduino. Load the blinking LED example from File → Examples → Basics → Blink. Set the
proper board and processor from Tools → Board and Tools → Processor. Remember to select
AVRISP mkII from Tools → Programmer.
Finally, select Sketch → Upload Using Programmer. If you have verbose enabled you should
receive messages similar to the one shown on the next page:
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CHAPTER 4 RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE TOOLS
4. I troductio to the chapter
Here you will find short info on the most popular choices for software that can be used with the
AVR programmer.
4.1 AVR Studio a d Atmel Studio i Wi dows
The most popular choice amongst AVR fans that are using Windows OS. The IDE has everything
you need for software development with AVR. You can download it from the official Atmel web-
site.
AVR-ISP-MK comes with firmware compatible with AVR Studio, Atmel Studio and AVRDUDE
under Windows. If you have doubt that you have the latest firmware version (or if you have
accidentally corrupted the firmware or changed it with other software) you might want to refer to
one of the following sub-chapters that explain how to upload the latest firmware: “4. .1 Changing
firmware for Windows users”; “4. . Changing firmware for Linux users”; or “5. Upgrade
firmware button”
Important – the Windows drivers for AVR Studio and Atmel Studio are incompatible. AVR Studio
uses either Jungo or Atmel USB drivers and Atmel Studio requires LibUSB drivers. Atmel does not
recommended using AVR Studio and Atmel Studio simultaneously on the same machine – in order
to do it each time you would need to manually switch the AVR-ISP-MK drivers.
Something more – to complicate things further – Jungo Windows drivers for AVR Studio and the
lubUSB Windows drivers for AVRDUDE are incompatible (but the drivers for Atmel Studio and
AVRDUDE are the same if you are using newer Windows so if you are using the latest releases you
are already set).
The default way of installing the drivers for Atmel Studio, AVRDUDE and Atmel Studio under
Windows is available in the previous chapter “ .3 Quick setup”.
If you want to use AVR Studio 4 or 5, please refer to the next sub-chapter (“4.1.1 Driver installation
for AVR Studio in Windows”).
In order to use the product with AVRDUDE or Arduino IDE (which uses AVRDUDE) under Linux
you would need to change the firmware – follow the procedure in chapter “4. Arduino,
AVRDUDE, Linux” and “4. . Changing firmware for Linux (AVRDUDE) users”.
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4.1.1 Driver i stallatio for AVR Studio i Wi dows
Using AVR Studio 4 and 5 with AVR-ISP-MK is possible, but not recommended. Consider that the
last release of AVR Studio 4 (v4.19) was released in September 011. For comparison, Windows 8
was released October 6, 01 .
If you wish to use AVR Studio 4 or 5 make sure to use the installer provided in the archive with the
firmware (usually named “driver-atmel-bundle-x.x.xxx.exe). Only these drivers are compatible but
you might need extra steps in certain cases or under certain newer versions of Windows.
The author of this document managed to get AVR Studio 4 working under Windows 10 only on a
clean Windows 10 installation (that never had any newer Studio installed, e.g. Atmel Studio 6 or
Atmel Studio 7). After AVR Studio 4 had been installed, it was safe to install newer studio and
using one or the other required manual driver switching. If you installed newer studio first, and then
AVR Studio 4, you would probably need to re-install Windows (or find some other workaround,
like registry magic) since manual driver switching was insufficient to get it working.
If you are using Windows 10 x64, and you want to use AVR Studio 4 or 5 (notice that this is not
Atmel Studio 7 or newer) consider the following driver instillation advice from a customer (thank
you, James):
On a new, clean Windows 10 x64 machine:
1. Install AVR Studio.
. Install WinAVR- 0100110 (popular compiler, required to compile many project).
3. Overwrite msys-1.0.dll with 64-bit version (else compiler doesn't work).
4. Connect AVR-ISP-MK to the computer. Windows would install some driver automatically and
show a message that device installed was installed successfully. This is a lie, it wasn't.
4. Disable Windows driver signature enforcement.
5. Manually point to the appropriate driver that AVR Studio installed (refer to “4.1.3 Manually
switching between all installed drivers under Windows”). You might also use the river-atmel-
bundle-7.0.888.exe from AVR-ISP-MK -Firmware-WindowsDrivers. The two entries should look
similar to the picture below (it is ok if the WinDriver is older version):
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4.1.2 Ma ually poi ti g to ew drivers (Wi dows 10 o ly)
Sometimes Windows automatically assigns improper drivers to the unit. You would need to
manually switch to the proper drivers.
1. Make sure that you have downloaded and extracted the drivers provided for AVR-ISP-MK , for
Windows 10 (for other Windows releases other drivers might be needed) available here:
https://www.olimex.com/Products/AVR/Programmers/AVR-ISP-MK /resources/DRIVER-MK -
AS-6-7-W10.zip
. Connect AVR-ISP-MK to the personal computer.
3. You should now have some entry for it in “Windows Device Manager”. If you can't identify the
entry unplug and re-plug the AVR-ISP-MK until you are sure. It might be good idea to uninstall
any drivers related to the tool, but in most cases if you do everything correctly this shouldn't matter.
4. Right-click over the entry for the cable.
5. Select “Update Driver Software”.
6. Select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
7. Select the bottom option “Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer”.
8. Click "Have Disk" and point to the place where you extracted the drivers from the archive and
select "AVRISP_mkII.inf" then click "Open".
9. Select "Next", and if a warning pops up select “Install Anyway” and after installation close the
window.
10. Inspect the new entry in “Windows Device Manager” after the driver installation and ensure that
there are no errors or warnings.
11. Test.
4.1.3 Ma ually switchi g betwee all i stalled drivers u der Wi dows
While the unit can be associated only with one specific set of drivers at specific time; there can be
multiple different drivers installed on the system. How to manually switch between different sets of
drivers available for AVR-ISP-MK :
1. First make sure that you have disabled the automatic Windows driver update. It can take control
of driver installation before you can react. In Windows 7 search for "Device Installation Settings".
Else when you install the working driver it might get overwritten by another one that Windows
thinks would work better.
. Also make sure that “Driver Signature Enforcement” is disabled before trying to change the
drivers (since some drivers might be unsigned). There are a lot of instructions online on how to do it
(it requires a restart and entering the Windows boot menu with F8 usually in older Windows
releases and entering advanced startup options in newer Windows releases).
3. Connect AVR-ISP-MK to the personal computer.
4. Right-click over the AVR-ISP-MK entry (in your case probably “libusb-win3 ” driver) in
“Windows Device Manager”.
5. Select “Update Driver Software...”.
6. Select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
7. Select the bottom option “Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer”.
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8. Pick one of the driver entries in the list under “Model”, if there are more then one start with the
first (top-most) and finish the installation (steps 9 and 10), then test with your software and if it still
doesn’t work start all over from point 1. but this time select the second entry in the “Model” list,
until you exhaust all entries under “Model” one by one!
9. Select next, and if a warning pops up select “Install Anyway” and after installation close the
window.
10. Inspect the new entry in “Windows Device Manager” after the driver installation and ensure that
there are no errors or warnings.
11. Test.
4.2 Ardui o, AVRDUDE, Li ux
AVR-ISP-MK comes with firmware that works fine with the LibUSB driver.It is possible to use
the AVR-ISP-MK with the latest versions of AVRDUDE and Atmel Studio without changing the
firmware or the drivers.
It is impossible to use the AVR-ISP-MK simultaneously with AVRDUDE and AVR Studio. It
would depend on you which one you prefer. You need to change the firmware of AVR-ISP-MK
(using Atmel Flip or dfu-programmer software) AND the Windows drivers every time you switch
between Arduino and AVR Studio (or vice versa).
How to proceed changing the firmware?
4.2.1 Cha gi g firmware for Wi dows users
All files needed except for Atmel Flip (which is available at Atmel's web-site for free) should be
downloaded from the official AVR-ISP-MK page at our web-site.
1. Connect the device to the USB and with a needle or sharp object press the button on it's back side
(the one that the arrow points as "Upgrade"; the LEDs should turn off) which will put the processor
in bootloader state – ready for firmware upgrade.
. Download and install the Atmel Flip software. Check in device manager if the device is
recognized as AT90USB16 if it isn't search for proper drivers in Atmel Flip installation folder.
3. After that run the Atmel Flip and select AT90USB16 in Device -> Select
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4. Select Settings -> Communication -> USB -> Open
5. From File -> Load hex files choose either AVR456-studio-AVRISP-MKII.hex or libUSB-
AVRISP-MKII.hex – the first hex is the firmware for AVR/Atmel Studio/Atmel USB/Jungo, the
second one is for AVRDUDE/Arduino/libusb.
6. Click “Run” and after it completes, unplug and plug again AVR-ISP-MK from the USB.
7. Uninstall any previous drivers (selecting delete option) from device manager and scan for
hardware changes or plug/unplug again. Note that for the Atmel USB/Jungo drivers you might
need to go to the control panel and uninstall the drivers from “Programs and Features” - the
drivers are called either “Jungo” or “Atmel USB”.
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9. Install the new drivers corresponding to your needs (usually by right-clicking over the
programmer entry and selecting “Update Driver Software...”)
The next picture shows how to install the libusb-win3 drivers over the Jungo ones – you have to
point to the libusb folder and agree to install despite the warning.
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Important: it is possible that the drivers get blocked under Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.
If this is the case when you visit the “Windows Device Manager” there would be yellow triangle
notifying for the lack of driver signature. You would need to disable the “Driver Signature
Enforcement”, which is enabled by default.
4.2.2 Cha gi g firmware for Li ux (AVRDUDE) users
1. Download and install “dfu-programmer” package (apt-get...).
. Connect the programmer AVR-ISP-MK to the computer and press the upgrade button with a
sharp object (you can use a piece of thick wire or a needle).
3. Erase the microcontroller inside AVR-ISP-MK with the command:
dfu-programmer at90usb162 erase
4. Flash the firmware with:
dfu-programmer at90usb162 flash --debug 6 libUSB-AVRISP- KII.hex
5. Create new file /etc/udev/avrisp.rules
SUBSYSTE !="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="avrisp_end"
# Atmel Corp. JTAG ICE mkII
ATTR{idVendor}=="03eb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2103", ODE="660", GROUP="dialout"
# Atmel Corp. AVRISP mkII
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ATTR{idVendor}=="03eb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2104", ODE="660", GROUP="dialout"
# Atmel Corp. Dragon
ATTR{idVendor}=="03eb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2107", ODE="660", GROUP="dialout"
LABEL="avrisp_end"
In some kernels SYSFS module is disabled by default. There are two flags responsible and you can
enable SYSFS by manipulating one or both of the flags CONFIG_SYSFS and
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V . In most cases it might be better and faster to swap
SYSFS{idProduct} with ATTR{idProduct}.
6. Create a virtual link to the file and give it a rule priority
cd /etc/udev/rules.d
sudo ln ../avrisp.rules 60-avrisp.rules
7. Check you're in the dialout group
groups
8. Restart udev
sudo restart udev
That's it! You can now test the connection:
avrdude -p m16 -c avrispmkII -P usb -b 115200,
assuming that you have ATmega16 microcontroller (check the AVRDUDE documentation for list of
microcontrollers). The output should be like:
A sample programming line for AVRDUDE would be:
avrdude -p m328p -P usb -c avrispmkii -e -U flash:w:test.hex,
assuming you have ATmega3 8P and your binary code is named “test.hex”. The output should be
like:
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