From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 31 17:18:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: embedded@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B57D1065692 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F518FC1C for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0VHIVow093864; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o0VHIViE093861; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:31 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Ian Smith In-Reply-To: <20100131153328.C46992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Message-ID: References: <20100131153328.C46992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:31 -0700 (MST) Cc: embedded@FreeBSD.org, "Wojciech A. Koszek" 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 17:18:33 -0000 On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 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? Probably, although I'm not looking at doing any volume, just wanting to experiment. There are a couple of suggestions in those comments like adding the zener diodes present in the original design or slowing down transfers. The USBasp looks interesting, and it has those zener diodes, but some comments said it had trouble with USB hubs. There are also several ways to set up an Arduino as an AVR programmer, and the additional cost over the USBTiny is low. The FTDI USB chip on an Arduino should be pretty robust. Certainly FreeBSD can talk to it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA