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USBASP AVR Programmer

$18.00

56 in stock

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Description

These AVR programmers are based on Thomas Fischl’s USBasp design and connect to your computer’s USB port. Not only are they quite compact (70x20mm), but the design is really elegant. The USB interface is achieved by using an atmega8 processor and the rest is done in firmware.

Being an Open source hardware (OSHW) project, released under the GNU General Public License, you are free to download the schematic and firmware from Thomas’s website, but then you have a chicken and egg problem. In order to load the USBASP firmware onto the atmega8 on the programmer, yes you guessed it, you need an AVR programmer. Much easier to buy one fully built and programmed.

Some of the features include:

  • Allows you to read or write the microcontroller EEPROM, firmware, fuse bits and lock bits
  • Support for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (will work on Windows 8.1)
  • 5 KB/sec maximum write speed
  • Software controlled SCK option to support targets with low clock speed (< 1.5MHz)
  • 10 pin ISP interface (conforms to standard ISP 10-pin pinout)

The latest Window Drivers are fully signed, so you can use them on Windows Vista and above without any issues. The driver will work on both 32 and 64 bit platforms. On Linux And Mac OS X no kernel driver is required, just use AVRdude and specify the correct port.

The programmer will work with a wide variety of Atmel AVR microcontrollers including the Atmega8a and Atmega168a. A full list is available on the specifications tab. The programmer will also work with a variety of software including

Included with the programmer is a 10 pin ISP cable, as shown in the main photo. The programmer is ideal for use with our AVR development board and kits.

At Protostack we like to eat our own dogfood, so we use the USBASP programmers extensively. Every one of our AVR tutorials was done using a USBASP programmer. We really like them and hope you will too.

Links

USBasp – USB programmer for Atmel AVR controllers

Number of Pins/Conductors

10

Size70 x 20 x 9mm
Supported SoftwareAVRDude 5.2 or higher
Supported MicrocontrollersMega Series
ATmega8ATmega8AATmega48ATmega48AATmega48P
ATmega48PAATmega88ATmega88AATmega88PATmega88PA
ATmega168ATmega168AATmega168PATmega168PAATmega328
ATmega328PATmega103ATmega128ATmega128PATmega1280
ATmega1281ATmega16ATmega16AATmega161ATmega162
ATmega163ATmega164ATmega164AATmega164PATmega164PA
ATmega169ATmega169AATmega169PATmega169PAATmega2560
ATmega2561ATmega32ATmega32AATmega324ATmega324A
ATmega324PATmega324PAATmega329ATmega329AATmega329P
ATmega329PAATmega3290ATmega3290AATmega3290PATmega64
ATmega64AATmega640ATmega644ATmega644AATmega644P
ATmega644PAATmega649ATmega649AATmega649PATmega6490
ATmega6490AATmega6490PATmega8515ATmega8535
Tiny Series
ATtiny12ATtiny13ATtiny13AATtiny15ATtiny25
ATtiny26ATtiny45ATtiny85ATtiny2313ATtiny2313A
Classic Series
AT90S1200AT90S2313AT90S2333AT90S2343AT90S4414
AT90S4433AT90S4434AT90S8515
AT90S8535
CAN Series
AT90CAN128
PWM Series
AT90PWM2AT90PWM3

Reviews

  1. Robert Hunt (verified owner)

    This seller helped me through a public holiday! His communication was above board at all times. This programmer is perfect.
    Very simple to use. Device Signature tested correctly on the first go!

    Programming is a breeze.

    One of my favorite suppliers!

    Great service, great products, great products. What else could you ask for?

    Absolutley thrilled.

    Thank you Protostack!

  2. Robert Norris (verified owner)

    Great little device, and the price is right!

    A couple of minor gripes; not all of the ground lines on the ISP connector are actually connected (despite what the docs say) which cost me an hour when I first got it. The other thing is that it can’t program an AVR that has its own 3.3V supply. It only seems to work at 5V, which is complicating my development a little.

    For this price I can’t get too nasty though – very happy with the usbasp 🙂

  3. David

    I don’t seem to be able to load the driver for this card properly on my Dell win10 laptop. The computer simply refuses to recognize the device.

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