Hi All,
Just wondering what you would recommend for an AVR Programmer (Searching the Forums gives a thread from a few years back (things might have changed since then).
I have mainly played around with PIC Micros, using the Paralell Port to Program them (in the 16f87 days) then Pickit 2 and Pickit 3.
Lately I have been playing around with Arduinos and AVR's.
What I like to do is get something working on an Uno, then take a Micro (eg Atmega), stick it on a breadboard or custom board / veroboard, and program it with the same code.
To Program it, I would load the Arduino as an ISP code onto the Uno, then put the capacitor on Reset, jumper the Uno across to the board.
Then once I get past the programming settings (Baud Rate...) using AVRdude, it seems to work.
But it is a very clumsy way to do it.
What I want is something similar to the Pickit2/3, that can program the chip, and possibly debug.
I see the very cheap (2usd) programmers on Ebay, that have 1 micro and a few other passives. Are those any good.
One thing that has lead me to this is that I have programmed an ATMEGA8515 with a program.
Later I decided to stick another program on it. But I get verify errors.
Then I try the AVRdude -e, and the Avrdude terminal erase.
It then says ok, I then quit, and it gives me a question, the fuse bits have changed. Ignore or Restore
If I restore the fuse bits, Avrdude just hangs
If I Ignore, then I see that the 8515 just continues running the old program (despite it supposedly loading the new program, or erasing)
Any Idea on this one
Appreciate it
P