Re: [avr-chat] DAPA programming hardware options

[Fergus Dixon]

If you need to use a parallel port try Direct IO - http://www.direct-io.com/

To get into AVR, start with a Arduino Uno first for $30 from RS or Element-14. You just need to supply the USB A to B cable. There is a nice Arduino Simulator available here for $10 http://arduino.com.au/Simulator-for-Arduino.html

Then purchase a AVR ISP MkII from RS or element-14 and wire up the 6 pins connector to a micro powered from 5V. 

Or else just use the STK-600 as an ISP as suggested above.

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Colin O'Flynn <address@hidden> wrote:

Wait… you have a STK600? Why bother with all this? Just use it to do programming & save yourself a huge hassle. Learn how the ISP works… see http://support.atmel.no/knowledgebase/avrstudiohelp/mergedProjects/STK600/stk600_programming_ext.html , and see the help-file in Studio, and ask questions on what you don’t understand here or on AVRFreaks!

 

 

 

From: avr-chat-bounces+coflynn=address@hidden [mailto:avr-chat-bounces+coflynn=address@hidden] On Behalf Of Richard Cavell
Sent: September-29-12 11:05 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: [avr-chat] DAPA programming hardware options

 

Hi, all.

I'm in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.  I'm trying to learn AVR Programming by starting here: http://hackaday.com/2010/10/23/avr-programming-introduction/

I'm sure you'd realize that for a newbie, there's a sudden rush of new terminology that I don't understand.  I need to take one step at a time.  I've decided to follow this tutorial step by step.  For example, I own a STK600 but after reading the instruction manual several times, I still don't know enough to do ISP from it.

I built myself a DAPA cable.  Problem is, none of my computers has a parallel port.  I installed a 3rd party parallel port card (cheap Chinese rubbish) into a PCI slot on my desktop, but it turns out the driver is unsigned and probably doesn't work on Windows 7 anyway.

In order to follow this tutorial, I need a computer with a motherboard-mounted parallel port that will run avrdude and reliably program an AVR through it.  Any ideas what kind of computer/operating system would give me the most compatibility?  I guess I could go through ebay to buy an old computer, or find someone locally.

Richard

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