USB AVR programmer

This is a simple to use USB AVR programmer. It is low cost, easy to use, works great with AVRDude, and is tested extensively on a Windows desktop.

This programmer works really well for Atmega8, ATmega168 and ATmega328 and should work with all the AVR micros supported by AVRDUDE.

Programmer including 200mA hyperfast automatic fuse for protecting your USB bus when using with USP powered applicaitons.

Features:

• Standard AVR ISP programmer
• Hyperfast Automatic Fuse protected USB power
• Programmer can power target
• Supports ATmega8/48/88/168/328 and many others
• Two status LEDs
• 10-pin ISCP output (cable included)

Drivers

On Linux and MacOS X no kernel driver is needed. Windows requires a driver for USBasp:
usbasp-windriver.2009-02-28.zip (70 kB)

Note: Windows Vista/7 x64 requires drivers with digital signature. Currently there are no official drivers for libusb (USBasp software is based on it) with such a signature. Users reported that there is a tool named “Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider” to avoid the signature check.

Software

• AVRDUDE supports USBasp since version 5.2.
• BASCOM-AVR supports USBasp since version 1.11.9.6.
• Khazama AVR Programmer is a Windows XP/Vista GUI application for USBasp and avrdude.
• eXtreme Burner – AVR is a Windows GUI Software for USBasp based USB AVR programmers.