Hi Stan, Thanks for your reply.
I found some directions here (http://doswa.com/blog/2009/12/20/avrdude-58-with-ftdi-bitbang-patch-on-linux/) for ftdi chips, which I have been able to get to work. I intend to write a blog post on the device this weekend, I'll post the link when I have it. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Rob On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:35 +0100, Stanislav Likavcan wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I have been using patched AVRDUDE with original UM232R module for > almost two years with no issues (on Mac OS, Linux and Windows). > However the patched code links to closed source verdor drivers which > needs to be installed on your system > http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm > > https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?6886 > > HTH, > Stan > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Robert Connolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a student at the University of Auckland's (New Zealand) Electrical > > and Computer Engineering Department. Within our department we have a > > custom piece of hardware (internally known as the 'donkey') which we use > > to program various AVR micro-controllers. > > > > The unit consists of a small USB dongle which provides a standard AVR > > ISP pin arrangement as the output. USB-Serial interface is via a FTDI > > FT232R chip. I have uploaded the schematic diagrams to my website for > > your information, see: http://svn.webworxshop.com/files/Donkey%20PCB.pdf > > > > I am interested in adding support to Avrdude for the donkey, > > specifically because the current software is windows only and I am a > > Linux user. > > > > The FTDI chip in question is supported and detected by the kernel (mine > > presents a serial device on /dev/ttyUSB0), so I thought adding support > > would be as simple as adding the correct .avrduderc file for a serbb > > programmer. My attempt at this is given below: > > > >> programmer > >> id = "donkey"; > >> desc = "University of Auckland ECE Donkey"; > >> type = serbb; > >> reset = 4; > >> sck = 7; > >> mosi = 8; > >> miso = 2; > >> ; > > > > Unfortunately, you will notice that the miso pin is connected to the > > RXD pin on the FTDI chip, which according to the comments in > > /etc/avrdude.conf > > is not supported. > > > > Can anyone tell me why this is and if there is a way to get this programmer > > working with Avrdude? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Regards, > > > > Rob Connolly > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > avrdude-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avrdude-dev > > _______________________________________________ avrdude-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avrdude-dev
