Problems with atmega328, Pocket AVR Programmer

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Problems with atmega328, Pocket AVR Programmer

Post by avrnoob »

Hi all. I have been repeatedly trying to get my atmega328 hooked up to a computer properly.

I am using Ubuntu Desktop Remix 9.10 and a Windows Vista on 2 seperate computers.

I had to plug a usb hub in for the tinyusb to be recognised.

On Linux:
~/Desktop$ avrdude -c usbtiny -p atmega328p -F

avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes! Invalid device signature.
avrdude: Expected signature for ATMEGA328P is 1E 95 0F

avrdude done. Thank you.

I have looked at the product page of the Pocket AVR Programmer, and have tried a couple of troubleshooting methods, such as putting a udev rule suggested by ladyada, but none of them really worked well for me. I highly doubt it is the wiring as I have checked and checked many times.

Suspecting that it might be the atmega328 that is faulty, I tried doing the same thing using WinAVR on Vista. I had to install a driver before it was detected. However, I got identical error messages as seen from above.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Problems with atmega328, Pocket AVR Programmer

Post by adafruit »

the avr pocket programmer is manufactured by sparkfun. we suggest contacting them since they have a tech support team that will be able to help you out!

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