From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 31 10:26:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA41106566B for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wkoszek@freebsd.czest.pl) Received: from freebsd.czest.pl (l95h.icis.pcz.pl [212.87.224.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110378FC08 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freebsd.czest.pl (l95h.icis.pcz.pl [212.87.224.105]) by freebsd.czest.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o0VAH1gx035386; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:17:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkoszek@freebsd.czest.pl) Received: (from wkoszek@localhost) by freebsd.czest.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id o0VAH1E9035385; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:17:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkoszek) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:17:01 +0100 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, embedded@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100131101701.GH99177@FreeBSD.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, embedded@freebsd.org References: <20100131153328.C46992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100131153328.C46992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender DNS name whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (freebsd.czest.pl [212.87.224.105]); Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:17:01 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: USB AVR programmers for FreeBSD 8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:26:02 -0000 On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 03:40:36PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > Has anyone used the USBTiny AVR programmers with FreeBSD 8? For example: > > > > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9231 > > I just had a look at this. If you read through the user comments (and > the blurb at the top of the page) it seems to be pretty iffy on Mac or > Linux; even they suggest you might be better off with something like: > > http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=ATAVRISP2-ND > > Seems to me the extra ~$20 might be well worth it? I'd search for something with high voltage programming mode support. Otherwise, fuse bits can't be cleared easily. -- Wojciech A. Koszek wkoszek@FreeBSD.org http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/