Comments on: Building and installing USBASP-USB programmer of AVR microcontrollers

By: David Infante Sànchez

David Infante Sànchez — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:26:07 +0000

I built this programmer using atmega 8, and this microcontroller was programmed using my AVR Dragon; I’v installed driver, and I’ve checked all connections, but when I try to program a microcontroller with USBASP allways says the same error about “signature bytes” sometimes it reads 0 and F. I’am using slow clock, I don’t know why I can be able to program the microcontroller, Can any body tell what coulb be wrong? Thanks

By: Isaac Abraham

Isaac Abraham — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:11:03 +0000

I downloaded winRAR and was able to untar. Please ignore my winzip question. Thanks for the help and pointers

By: Isaac Abraham

Isaac Abraham — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:27 +0000

Hi,
When i try to unzip (with winzip) i get “error reading header after processing 0 entries”. could there be a problem?

By: scienceprog

scienceprog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:53:10 +0000

Hy,
1)I simply use Total Commander unpack feature. But tar files are supported bu WinRAR program - so there should be no problem to extract simply by clicking right mouse button.
2)It depends on what programmer you use… if it is simple COM or LPT ISP programmer you can use PonyProg software.

By: Isaac Abraham

Isaac Abraham — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:43:54 +0000

Sorry to ask the naiive question:
(1) how do i unpack the tar files from fischl’s website? command line and switches please.
(2) Can anyone please explain how to load the ATM8 with the firmware, can it be done from WINDOWS…?
I’m new to this and would greatly appreciate the help.
thanks. -isaac