AVR-Chat

John Samperi wrote:

> At 01:03 AM 15/08/2005, you wrote:
> >Is it possible to purchase a WORKING programming dongle that will 
> replace my
> >current no good totally useless piece of Kanda crap STK200 dongle.
>
> Hmmm....I thought everybody knew about AVRISP or STK500 :-)
>
> I have been using the humble AVR910 kit for which I made some
> firmware changes (can be found in the files section) and it has
> never failed. It is a bit slowish but reliable. I then purchased
> the AVRISP which is lightning fast compared to the other programmer
> and again very reliable.

I made my own super fast (115,200 baud) AVR910 ISP compatible 
programmer. Total cost is less than $9 - see my project page for 
details. If you prefer, the Atmel programmer is $29 from Digikey. Either 
way you should always have the right tool for the right job.

Mike
http://home.austin.rr.com/perks/basicx/Projects/