AVRDUDESS is a GUI for AVRDUDE, a tool for programming Atmel microcontrollers.
Some key features:
- Supports all programmers and MCUs that AVRDUDE supports
- Supports presets, allowing you to change between devices and configurations quickly and easily
- Drag and drop files for easy uploading
- Automatically lists available COM ports
- Cross-platform with the use of Mono for Linux & Mac OS X
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Source available on GitHub
Requirements
Windows
Requires .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or newer. All systems since Windows Vista will have the required version already installed.
Linux & Mac OS X
Can be ran using Mono.
Has not been tested on OS X, but should work.
Installing on Ubuntu 18.04
Install Mono (this is the minimum required, you can use mono-complete for a full install):
sudo apt-get install libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil
On older versions of Ubuntu you might need to use libmono-winforms2.0-cil instead.
Install AVRDUDE and AVR-GCC (for avr-size):
sudo apt-get install avrdude gcc-avr
Run AVRDUDESS with mono, you might have to run as root (sudo) so that AVRDUDE can access ports if you haven’t changed any permissions or rules.d stuff:
mono avrdudess.exe
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Hi Zak,
I use USBASP and I need to use PDI interface to write the ATXMEGA flash memory,
Here is the project and the patches:
https://github.com/siredmar/Usbasp_PDI/tree/master/SW
which can be used.
But I didn’t have success to add this to your wonderful tool AVRDUDESS. I’m sure that you have a lot of experience in this kind of things. So, do you think that can you find some time to add this patch to your AVRDUDESS in order to works also on PDI for ATXMEGA and USBASP?
Or if you find any solution here, it will be very helpful for me!
Many many thanks!
Author
Hey Silviu, it’s not AVRDUDESS that needs to be updated for PDI support, but AVRDUDE (which is in the install location of AVRDUDESS) and the USBasp programmer firmware. It looks like the things you need can be downloaded from here https://gearfoxblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/usbasp-with-pdi/ (near the bottom), replace the avrdude.exe that comes with AVRDUDESS with the one from the link. I’ll also see about including the PDI stuff in avrdude in a future release.
Hi Zak,
I’ve just installed AVRDUDESS on a Win 10 x64 machine. I get the following errors:
ERROR: avrdude is missing!
ERROR: avrdude.conf is missing!
WARNING: Programmer ‘usbasp’ not found
WARNING: MCU ‘t85’ not found
avrdude and avrdude.conf are in the AVRDUDESS folder. usbasp programmer was in the usb port and driver correctly installed.
I suspect that the issue is that AVRDUDESS is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\AVRDUDESS rather than C:\Program Files\AVRDUDESS? Is there any way to address this?
Thanks in advance,
Adam
Author
Hey Adam, Program Files (x86) is the correct place since it’s a 32-bit application. It might be your anti-virus blocking it for some reason, try disabling it for a bit. If that doesn’t work try manually setting avrdude and avrdude.conf locations to “C:\Program Files (x86)\AVRDUDESS” in the Options dialog, also check to make sure avrdude.exe and avrdude.conf are actually in that location (they should have been installed there).
i scanned with immunet by clamav and found it as having Trojan down loader and deleted the file . can you fix program so that it is not detected as threat. i had to reinstall all the chain to get it working
Author
Hey Jason, it would be best to report the false positive to the AV vendor. Alternatively you can try the .zip download instead of the .exe installer.
Are the Arduino Pro Micro clones supported? Uses the ATmega32u4 chip. That chip is not showing up on the MCU list and using the detect button results in this:
avrdude.exe: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude.exe: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xa5
avrdude.exe: ser_drain(): read error: The device does not recognize the command.
I have Arduino selected as the programmer and I’ve selected com 5 (from windows 10 device manager). I have uninstalled and reinstalled your program multiple times hoping that would solve the issue. I have tried it on 2 of the pro micros with the same results. They are supposed to have the Leonardo bootloader installed on them.
Author
Hey Calvin, it looks like the main problem is that the Pro Micro enters the bootloader by opening the serial port at 1200 baud then closing it. AVRDUDESS doesn’t have support for doing that at the moment (was mentioned here https://github.com/zkemble/AVRDUDESS/issues/3). The Arduino IDE also uses ‘avr109’ as the programmer rather than arduino, I’m not sure if they’re compatible, but once in the bootloader try using ‘Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader’ programmer instead.
I was finally able to get it to work yesterday using the Arduino IDE with the Sparkfun profiles for pro micro. I bought the pro micro’s for an arcade controller project. I plan to use one to make a spinner control and the other for a trackball.
Thanks,
Calvin
I have selected:
Programmer – “Atmel-ICE (ARM/AVR) in JTAG mode”
Port – USB
MCU – ATmega32
So, command line was right: “-c atmelice -p m32 -P usb”
Then have pressed “Detect” button.
In the message window:
avrdude.exe: jtag3_initialize(): part ATmega8 has no JTAG interface
Same command line passed to avrdude directly works fine:
…avrdude -c atmelice -p m32 -P usb
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.11s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9502 (probably m32)
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (E:FF, H:08, L:3F)
avrdude done. Thank you.
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Hi Dmitry,
Avrdude needs an MCU specified before it will attempt to do anything, but the MCU is not known if it’s doing an auto-detect so I hardcoded in the ATmega8. However, there are multiple types of programming interfaces (debugWire, HVSP, ISP, JTAG, PDI, PP, TPI), so the interface avrdude uses depends on the programmer and MCU combination. Some programmers will automatically use the correct interface based on the MCU (like the USBASP will switch between ISP and TPI), while other programmers need to have it manually set (like the Atmel ICE).
In your case it’s trying to use the JTAG programmer with an ATmega8 which doesn’t have JTAG, so it fails.
I’ll have a go at making AVRDUDESS have a guess at choosing an MCU with the correct interface when auto-detecting for the next version.
Hello, i can detect the processor and read the fuses just fine with avrdudess but when trying to burn the bootloader with arduino ide i get following error:
avrdude: error: program enable: target doesn’t answer. 0
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
I am sure my connections are good, I think otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to read the fuses, or is it? I’m using USBASP as programmer
Author
Hey Jimmy, connections are fine if fuses can be read. It might be that the Arduino IDE is running the programmer too fast for the controller. Most new AVRs run at 1MHz from the internal RC. If it’s an ATmega328 then try setting the low fuse to 0xE2 so that it runs at 8MHz.
Hello, in the new version 2.7 does not work presets settings from version 2.6
Author
Hey Mik, I’m not having any troubles with presets form older versions. Could you give some more details about what exactly happens (do they still show up in the list, etc)?
Thank you for your response,
after upgrading to v 2.7 does not work from preset version 2.6 and when installing clean in 2.7, the default profile will still be in the preset from version 2.7 when the program is restarted again, even if I choose another setting that is active.
Author
Ah yeah, I’ve changed it so that instead of saving the preset you last used it will now save all of the other configuration settings. That way it will keep things like the flash and EEPROM file locations, as it is easier to select a preset than it is to setup all the other things each time. You can also specify a preset to load by passing the name of it as the first argument like:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVRDUDESS\avrdudess.exe" "Arduino as ISP"It does not matter, I’m going back to version 2.6 this is unclear, I have the same MCU with other fuses setting and I would have to always re-select the profile to make sure which settings are selected. Thank you for info MIK
p.s. logical is the display of the name of the selected profile (version 2.6 and below) if I set anything and is still shown ” default ” so it is a step back.
MIK
Author
Yes, it no longer loads the last used preset. It loads each individual setting instead. If you load a preset, then close and open again it will still have all of the same settings, but they are no longer associated with a particular preset.
However, you are right that it should not display “Default” when opening the program, a blank entry would be better.
Presets were designed to be a one-way set of configuration options. I guess I should perhaps implement a “Profile” system, where you load a profile and any changes are automatically saved to that profile, and the last used profile is then loaded when the program opens.
Yes, but that’s how it worked until version 2.6. In version 2.7 I choose any profile, it will be displayed default and it is not clear and I say it all the time.
Ciao ,Zack
I made Chan HVP programmer https://evertdekker.com/?p=504 and I want to know if is possible to use it with Avrdudess for programm rstdsbl attiny 85 or reset fuse bits ,i can use xp and windows7 with an old pc that have a paralel port .Usbasp chinese works very good with libusbK driver on both xp and 7,but now ,i need something HVP home made (i don’t want to spend ,i am beginner with Mcu )
Author
Hey Adriano, I have no idea if it’ll work, hah, you will have to try it. This program is only a UI frontend for avrdude. There are tutorials for using an Arduino as a HV programmer which will probably be easier than trying finding a computer with a parallel port, like this one https://mightyohm.com/blog/2008/09/arduino-based-avr-high-voltage-programmer/
I used avrdudess 2.6 for some time and got the update message today.
So i downloaded the 2.7 installer exe and tried to run it.
After starting, it from an explorer widow, it locks it for several minutes (ok, i am using a cheap laptop which is not very fast…).
After that, i only get a borderless, not resizeable, window which contains weird (asian style) characters, a scrollbar and a close [X] icon on the top right.
So whats wrong with it (or my laptop)?
As a solution i downloaded the zip and just copied its files over the 2.6 installation… 😀
A yeah… I use Windows 10 pro x64 insider preview…
Author
Oooook, that’s pretty weird, could you post a screenshot of it? There hasn’t been any changes since 2.6 that might cause something like that :/
Ok. I made a screenshot but i have no idea how to post it here.
Author
You’ll need to upload it to an image hosting site like https://imgur.com and post the link here.
Ok. Made it.
So here is the link:
https://i.imgur.com/C8FUwoY.jpg
Author
Huh, I’ve never seen that before! Maybe something got corrupted? Have you tried downloading the installer again and running it?
I downloaded it 3 or 4 times. Everytime it fails.
So now i got it.
I enabled in Windows Setup the .net s.5 features (sorry, do not remember them…) as the .net 3.5 installer also refuses to work..
Then i tried to install avrdudess once more.
Now, the cryptic popup turned out to be awindows defender message, telling me that i does not alow the installaton of an untrusted app and s on… 😉
Clicking on ore information in the popup enabled the ‘install anyway’ button and the installer starts.
Very strange.
Thank you for response ,
i will buy an Arduino ,for now i try to use avrdudess(avrdude )with Pony Prog STK200 i have , and i give this error
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
avrdude.exe: can’t open device “giveio”
avrdude.exe: failed to open parallel port “LPT1”
avrdude.exe done. Thank you.
Mine STK200 Pony Prog with pony prog work very well
I try to install giveio sys in windows 32 /drivers and make the same error
i try to install giveio in c /avrdudess and the same
How can i fix this
Thank you very much
Author
I don’t think I’ve used giveio stuff before. I think it would be best to google “avrdude giveio”, lots of stuff there.
Hello Zak,
Many thanks for you tool, your work and your efforts to keep it up to date. If you can to help me more, I need an advice from you. I used USBASP and I program ATXMEGA microcontrollers using PDI interface. The problem is after the flash programming using AVRSUDESS , the uC is not reseted, but if I press Detect button, the uC is reseted. Do you know how can I change the USBASP firmware, of if you have any other idea, to automatically RESET the uC after it is flashed?
Many many thank!
Author
I’ve never used an xmega or the PDI interface for programming before, but this sounds like an avrdude issue rather than an avrdudess thing. You can download the USBasp firmware at the offical site.
Hi Zak,
I cannot use your GUI with parallel port LPT1, even if avrdude works with it just fine. The reason is that, avrdude expects the keyword lpt1 in -P parameter in small letters and NOT LPT1 in caps, as your GUI uses. The same is true for the other standard ports. Names should be in small letters. I guess this is something easy to fix.
Thank you.
Awaiting a new release.
Author
Hey Evan, yes you’re right! LPT should be lower case, though the COM ports work with either upper or lower case. Easy fix 🙂
Didn’t work on MacOS 10.14.3
see description here
https://imgur.com/a/5Xoubml
Author
Hey Hamid, it looks like you need to use the 32-bit version of Mono, which from what I can tell can be ran using the
--arch=32option.mono --arch=32 avrdudess.exe[…] are going to use third-party GUI Application for this which is also open source. You can download AVRDUDESS here. You may use command line version if you feel comfortable but I will recommend using this […]