USB AVR programmers for FreeBSD 8

[Wojciech A. Koszek]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 03:40:36PM +1100, 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?

I'd search for something with high voltage programming mode support.
Otherwise, fuse bits can't be cleared easily.

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Wojciech A. Koszek
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