Arduino as an usb asp programmer

Hello my name is ashish(ash) welcome to arduino as an usbasp programmer toutorial

1.get ur arduino and avr chip to be programmed ready

2.connect arduino as u always do (install ftdi driver,specify the comport,etc)

3.just like u select the com port number for arduino in the arduino software select it in the arduino hex uploader software

4.now select the type of atmega u have connected, m168 if decimela that is atmega168,m328 if uno that is atmega328,and m8 if arduino ng that is atmega8 (hope u understand u will have to select the chip which is on the arduino board )

5.now select the "arduino as usbasp atmega*.hex" file (select the file as same as the microcontroller u have if u have atmega8 select arduino as usbasp atmega8.hex if u have atmega168 select arduino as usbasp atmega168.hex if u have atmega328 on board select arduino as usbasp atmega328.hex )

6.now press upload button in the software and let the hex upload on the board ,(for those who dont have the auto rest feature on arduino u will have to press the reset switch as soon as u see the command prompt window)

7.now connect as shown in the picture,and connecet the usb to the computer(disconect the arduino usb cable before connecting the arduino as usbasp circuit usb)

download firmware and scheamtic here in download area

http://code.google.com/p/arduino-as-an-usbasp-programmer/downloads/list

alternative download area

http://ashish420.xtgem.com/arduino%20as%20usb%20asp.zip

http://ashish420.xtgem.com/arduino%20as%20an%20usbasp%20programmer.2011-05-28%20update%202011.zip (update)

this picture is in the download area plz downlaod to see clearly

for those whose arduino usbasp is yet uncessfull after thousand tries should follow the complete v-usb schematic which uses some zener diod and resistors, do it, the procedure is as simple as the old one only adding few more components ,even i was unaware of it that the minimum circuit might not work on other pc till i got a desktop,all i could say is that what workd on my old laptop didnt work for my desktop then i thought of to do it once again with the complete circuit and then i found it to be working on my desktop too

A rough demonstration

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After u have succesfully made ur usbasp device it will be detected as soon as u connect it to the usb port 

once u see usbasp detected now its time to install drivers(if u get device not recognised then u check that u have uploaded firmware correctly or check the usb hardware setup is done correctly and  if nothing shows up then check that u have connected the 2.2k resistor between the vcc and D+ )

I asume now a days people mostly use windows 7 so this toutorial will deal in to install drivers on 

Windows 7 and for Linux and MacOS no kernel driver is needed

Installing drivers :

Until now, the USBASP windows driver wasn’t signed. On older versions of windows this was’t too much of a problem as you could override the signature error. On Windows Vista x64 and Windows 7, it is almost a show stopper.

Various methods have been suggested including a utility called Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider or Pressing F8 at boot time and selecting Disable Driver Signature Enforcement. These approaches were far from ideal.

With the release of libusb-win32 version 1.2.4.0 this is a thing of the past. A new USBASP driver is now available; is based on the libusb-win32 driver; and supports 32 and 64 bit windows. It is partially signed which means windows still produces a warning during installation, but that warning does not prevent installation of the driver.


OK, now for the installation procedure…



1. Download the driver from http://www.protostack.com/download/USBasp-win-driver-x86-x64-ia64-v1.2.4.zip and unzip it




2. For those having issues with the zip file, please try the following rar file http://www.protostack.com/download/USBasp-win-driver-x86-x64-ia64-v1.2.4.rar


3. Insert the USBASP into your USB port


4. The system will attempt to install a driver from Windows Update

5. and will fail

6. At this point, go into device manager and find the entry for the USBASP programmer. It should be displayed with a yellow alert icon next to it.


7. Right click on the device and select “Update Driver Software”

8. When prompted “How do you want to search for driver software”, select “Browse my computer for driver software”

9. Select the folder where you unzipped the driver files then click “Next”

10. At this point, windows will give you a nice red warning dialog with the message “Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software”.

11. Click “Install this driver software anyway” and the driver will install.

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Now u have successfully installed the drivers for usbasp

Its time to use now , you can use the usbasp with this software below:

Extreme burner-AVR

http://extremeelectronics.co.in/avr-tutorials/gui-software-for-usbasp-based-usb-avr-programmers/

AVR8 Burn-O-Mat: a GUI for avrdude

http://avr8-burn-o-mat.aaabbb.de/avr8_burn_o_mat_avrdude_gui_en.html

Khazama AVR Programmer

http://khazama.com/project/programmer/

Sinaprog

http://www.sonsivri.to/forum/index.php?topic=27559.0

avrdude

http://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/

And you can also use usbasp with arduino

http://arduino.cc

happy programming :)

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written by ashish sharma

credit vikash patil for arduino hex uploader

credit thomas fischl for usbasp programmer

http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/

refrence :

http://ashish420.xtgem.com