A tool to program microcontrollers and/or programmable logic.
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How should one switch from using an Arduino as a programmer to an external programmer?
Part two of a three part series on transitioning from Arduino to a plain AVR microcontroller and minimum supporting components (part one, part three)
I've seen a lot of people ask this on the ...
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Can you use an Arduino Uno as an ATMega328 Programmer?
I dont have an Uno but I was thinking of getting one and by the looks of it, you can remove the AVR microcontroller from the Arduino, right? Its just a DIP IC in a socket that can be pulled out, seems ...
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How do I transition from using the Arduino IDE to plain avrdude/make?
Part three of a three part series on transitioning from Arduino to a plain AVR microcontroller and minimum supporting components (part one, part two)
I already know how to use an Arduino as a ...
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Error while uploading hex file to AVR uC
I am trying to upload a hex file to an ATtiny85 from Ubuntu by running these commands:
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avrdude error - stk500_paged_write() protocol error
I am using my Arduino Uno as a programmer to program my ATtiny85. I uploaded the ArduinoISP sketch to my Uno. I double checked my wiring, did some googling, but I still can't figure out why I get this ...
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AVR - How to program an AVR chip in Linux
I recently got an AVRISmkII AVR programmer, and I have an ATtiny85 and ATmega328. I was wondering how I could program these chips (with the programmer) but when I try getting Atmel Studio 6 it is only ...
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Starting out PIC Programming
I've been looking into doing some PIC Programming, but unlike some of the other microcontrollers available the sheer number of different chips available has caused me some confusion. It also appears ...
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Compare AVR programming tools
I am dealing with PICs for some time and now I want to learn how to use an AVR. I have 2 MCUs in here, the AT32UC3C2512C-A2UT and the ATXMEGA32A4U-AU but I still dont have any programming tools.
In ...
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Why does my AVRISP MKII Programmer not work?
I am using Ubuntu and I am trying to upload a hex file (called src.hex) to my ATtiny85 with my AVRISP MKII programmer with avrdude. But I get a strange error. I run ...
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avrdude error - stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0xff
I am using my Arduino Uno as a programmer to program my ATtiny85. I uploaded the ArduinoISP sketch to my Uno. I double checked my wiring, did some googling, but I still can't figure out why I get this ...
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Should I get the PICKit 2 or 3?
Okay, having decided to pitch myself at the PIC family (including dsPIC), I now have a question about programmers. I've been hearing a lot of bad things about the new PICKit 3, and am wondering if I ...
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Cheap PIC programmer, must be Linux compatible
I'm comfortable with working on Arduino based projects, but I'm looking to start experimenting with PIC programming.
How would I go about building my own pic programmer? I thought there must be a ...
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Problem installing ICD3 windows driver
I recently had my ICD3 programmer stop working. I received a replacement today and before returning the old ICD3 wanted to test the new ICD3 out. I connected the new ICD3 to my PC and Windows XP ...
