AVR-Chat

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:17:39 -0500 you wrote:

>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.

I like the 6 pin SIL too. I program my ATmega32s with 6 pins in a row mounted on an old toothbrush
:-)


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