Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude bitbang devices patch

[Joerg Wunsch]

As Michael Holzt wrote:

> > No idea about it.  Personally, I don't mind soldering SMDs so I
> > see no advantage in advertising something as ``does not use SMD
> > parts''.

> For me the main advantage seems to be that no special USB chip is
> needed.

Well, that depends.  The FT245 chips are very handy, and you've got
pseudo-TTY drivers for them readily around in all operating systems.
Of course, they are around EUR (probably also USD) 6 per device for
end-users.  OTOH, Matthias Weißer's USBisp is more than just an ISP
device: you could use it as an universal USB-attached controller
subsystem if you want, like a sensor or data logger.  But that's
getting off-topic.

> > Too bad the author(s) didn't simply approach the avrdude-dev list
> > to get their patch integrated and maintained.

> I will contact the author, and see what he thinks about integrating
> that part. I would also do the maintenance part, but for this i
> would first need to build the device (and i'm lacking time right
> now).

That would be cool.  I'm not sure (didn't look at their patch yet),
but somehow it appears they've solved the libusb integration before
me.  So I wasted a bit of time because I had to re-do it for the JTAG
ICE mkII connectivity.

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