Setting up the AvrUsb500 and avrdude

February 24th, 2006

I just purchased my AvrUsb500 from tuxgraphics.org. The AvrUsb500 is an open-source (hardware and software) USB programmer for the Atmel AVR microcontrollers. This is just a quick run-down on how to get setup using the AvrUsb500 on a Linux system. In this case, I'm using Fedora Core 4. It is assumed that you have setup your Linux distribution with the GNU tools for AVRs (avr-gcc). If you haven't, you should first read Installing the GNU tools for AVRs.

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AVR Toggle LED: Test Program for AvrUsb500

February 24th, 2006

This is just a quick, simple little program for an ATMega8 (can easily be adapted to any AVR) that I've setup to test the installation of avr-gcc and the GNU toolchain, avrdude, and my AvrUsb500 USB programmer from tuxgraphics.org.

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