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 & macOS
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Requirements
Windows
Requires .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or newer. All systems since Windows Vista will have the required version already installed.
Linux & macOS
Can be ran using Mono.
Has not been tested on macOS, but should work. Might need the --arch=32 argument.mono --arch=32 avrdudess.exe
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
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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.
Author
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.
Hi zak,
İ want to use 2 usbasp at the same time.
or how to select the two usbasp installed on the computer during uploading atmega328.?
Author
Hey Bahadir, have a look at this, it’s for the USBtinyISP, but might work for USBasp too – https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/130984/can-avrdude-address-individual-usbtiny-programmers you will need to put the
usb:bus-0:\\.\libusb0-0001--0x1781-0x0c9fstuff into the “Port (-P)” box just under the programmer selection.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.exeHi,
Greatt GUI. I cannot find ATmega48PA in the supported MCUs list only 48,48P,48PB. Should I use any of those 3 or it is not recommended?
Thanks
Author
Hey Janos, it looks like the PA and P versions are functionally the same and have the same signatures, just that the PA has lower current consumption. Selecting the ATmega48P should work.
It does not support AT89S52 (ISP). Can you count in the future that it will be?
Author
Hi Darius, looks like someones already made a tutorial on adding the AT89S52 to AVRDUDESS – https://www.instructables.com/id/Programming-AT89s52-Using-USBasp-ISP-Programmer/
I’ll add it into the next release.
Hi to all 🙂
Darius, you can also download the latest config file from avrdude repo: http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/avrdude/trunk/avrdude/avrdude.conf.in by clicking “download” link next to to the last revision number and save it as “avrdude.conf”. The actual rev is 1422. (BTW: It works only with version 6.3 of avrdude).
Zak, you could add this to next release of avrdudess.
Ok, now I see that svn file doesn’t have AT89S52 specs, although it’s latest. :/
Hi Zak. Thanks for the great program.
How can I backup presets in case of reinstalling Windows, transferring to another PC, etc.? Where are they generally stored? As I understand it, not in the presets.xml file located in the program folder. I would like to do this automatically, saving the preset file using my backup program, not manually using the “Export” option. But I do not know where the presets are stored.
Author
Hi Tash, presets and configuration files are stored in
%appdata%/AVRDUDESS.Thank you!
Hi, how to use with Arduino as ISP? I have the Arduino UNO programmed as ISP and I am trying to upload to another Atmega8. At avrdue application I select programmer “Arduino” and the respetive COM port but when I click “detect MCU” it does not recognizes the Atmega8. Its detects the Arduino UNO only.
Author
Arduino as ISP is always a difficult one to get working. Try setting the programmer to one of the “Atmel AVR ISP” variants, or “Atmel STK500”. Make sure baud rate is set to 19200.
When I use avrdudessI I get this error when detect is clicked
// WARNING: Unable to detect MCU
avrdude.exe: error: could not find USB device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vendor=’www.fischl.de’ product=’USBasp’
avrdude.exe done. Thank you. //
and when i use this command from command prompt
// D:\Arduino_1.8.9\arduino-1.8.9\hardware\tools\avr\bin>avrdude -C..\etc\avrdude.conf -c usbasp -p m328p -P usb -B 0.5 -F -e -U flash:w:”D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex”:a //
The response is
// avrdude: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.03s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9307 (probably m8)
avrdude: Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude: reading input file “D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex”
avrdude: input file D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (4700 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 1.24s
avrdude: 4700 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex:
avrdude: input file D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file D:\Arduino\usbasp.2011-05-28\bin\firmware\usbasp.atmega8.2011-05-28.hex contains 4700 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 1.07s
avrdude: verifying …
avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
0xff != 0x3b
avrdude: verification error; content mismatch
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (E:FF, H:C9, L:FF)
avrdude done. Thank you. //
Can you guide me please as to what is happening .
Regards for your time.
Author
Hey Karanbir, have you tried running AVRDUDESS as admin? If that doesn’t work, what happens when you run the avrdude.exe in the AVRDUDESS install folder from command promt?
Hi Zak,
Thanks for your deliberations. In one of the comments on pg 3 you had suggested using Zadig to install the drivers. I did that and now it works ok.
I was baffled as this behaviour occurred suddenly while trying to program an Arduino Uno Atmega through the six pin ICSP header. Must’ve mixed up something.. I am relieved that this is over.
Hi Zak,
Does AVRDUDESS work with this firmware for usbasp
https://github.com/bperrybap/usbasp/tree/1.06-alpha/bin/firmware/usbasp-v1.06-alpha-2016-05-18.
Regards
Author
Dunno, you’ll have to try it 😛
Tried it it works!
The reading of fuses on an atmega8 does not work for me. Avrdudess fails at reading the efuse (which doesn’t exist on a atmega8). The error message from avrdude is: “efuse” memory type not defined for part “ATMEGA8”
Since apparently Arduino had a similar problem at some point, I found a solution to add the efuse memory type with size 0 for an atmega8 to avrdude.conf. This got rid of the not defined error, but now gives a “flash is empty, , resulting file has no contents” message (avrdude says flash even if you are reading fuses). Unfortunately this didn’t convince avrdudess to read the lfuse and hfuse. I think you need to either check if the efuse type exists for a chip or check the returnvalue.
If I use avrdude (the one included with avrdudess) from the command line ( avrdude -c usbasp -p m8 -U lfuse:r:-:h -U hfuse:r:-:h ), reading fuses is now problem. So the problem is definitely in avrdudess.
I found that problem because I wanted to flash an usbasp clone with exactly the same firmware/fuses of two other clones that I already have. Since I can’t remember what firmware and fuse settings I used and the China clones are always different, I wanted to read back the flash and fuses. Reading the flash worked, reading the fuses only with using avrdude directly. Writing the fuses with avrdudess works, btw., even though it tries to write the non-existing efuse.
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Hey Lupin, thanks for pointing this out! At the moment it assumes all MCUs have a high, low and extended fuse. I’ll make it so AVRDUDESS checks which memory types are defined in avrdude.conf for each MCU and grey out the boxes appropriately.
hello!
first of all, thank you for this site, it has valuable information!
i have a strange problem, maybe this post will be long, but i try to give all the details:
i’ve designed a pcb with smd components, around the atmega328pb mcu. it uses an external 16mhz clock and has all the needed decoupling caps, voltage regulator, etc. i’m sure that the design should work, because i already used the same arrangement in other projects.
i have ordered the parts from tme.eu, the exact model of the mcu is ATMEGA328PB-AN. these are smd parts, so, before programming, you have to solder it in place. i have some experience with atmel mcu’s, already used several types, like 328, 2560, attiny, etc. for programing i use usbasp device from ali. (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/FREE-SHIPPING-1LOT-New-USBASP-USBISP-AVR-Programmer-USB-ATMEGA8-ATMEGA128-Support-Win7-64K/2003972227.html)
so far, i have used this device without problem. however, with these new chips, i can’t manage to work:
first, i’ve tried the simple arduino ide method, selecting:
tools > arduino nano > atmega328p
tools > programmer > usbasp
tools > burn bootloader
in the first instance, the upload didn’t worked, because of the different chip id (between atmel328p and 328pb). so i edited the c:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\etc\ avrdude.conf file, line 8797, to signature = 0x1e 0x95 0x16;
this way it apparently uploaded the bootloader, however, the mcu gets bricked, no longer answers to any code uploading attempt nor bootloader uploading attempt (tried with usbasp, another arduino via isp, etc, nothing)
so, i’ve desoldered the mcu, and soldered another brand new one. this time i’ve tried the avrdudess v2.8 app. based on this article:
http://www.electronics-lab.com/burning-the-bootloader-on-atmega328-using-usbasp-programmer/
here the app detected the usbasp, detected the correct mcu model. i have done everything exactly as in the article, double checked everything. hitted the program! button, and got this output. as you can see, it apparently failed to write the extended fuse correctly, and probably this is bricking the mcu. i’ve checked with the fuse bit calculator, and for the extended fuse 0xf5 is not an option…
now it no longer can read the fuse bits, no longer can program the mcu, nothing works 🙁 bricked 2 mcu so far.
just to be sure, i’ve checked the 16mhz clock signal with a scope, it works, got the nice sine wave.
also, desoldered a working mcu from an arduino nano, and soldered into my pcb, it works ok, i can upload sketch via the usbasp.
Checking for updates…
You have the latest version 🙂
Detected 1e9516 = ATmega328PB
Reading fuses…
SUCCESS: Read low fuse
SUCCESS: Read high fuse
SUCCESS: Read extended fuse
Reading lock bits…
SUCCESS: Read lock bits
optiboot_atmega328.hex: 502 / 32,768 Bytes (1.53%)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: Device signature = 0x1e9516 (probably m328pb)
avrdude.exe: NOTE: “flash” memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude.exe: erasing chip
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: reading input file “C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex”
avrdude.exe: input file C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude.exe: writing flash (32768 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: 32768 bytes of flash written
avrdude.exe: verifying flash memory against C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex:
avrdude.exe: load data flash data from input file C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex:
avrdude.exe: input file C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude.exe: input file C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex contains 32768 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip flash data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% -0.00s
avrdude.exe: verifying …
avrdude.exe: 32768 bytes of flash verified
avrdude.exe: reading input file “0xFF”
avrdude.exe: writing lfuse (1 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying lfuse memory against 0xFF:
avrdude.exe: load data lfuse data from input file 0xFF:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xFF contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip lfuse data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: verifying …
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of lfuse verified
avrdude.exe: reading input file “0xDE”
avrdude.exe: writing hfuse (1 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying hfuse memory against 0xDE:
avrdude.exe: load data hfuse data from input file 0xDE:
avrdude.exe: input file 0xDE contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip hfuse data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: verifying …
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of hfuse verified
avrdude.exe: reading input file “0x05”
avrdude.exe: writing efuse (1 bytes):
Writing | ***failed;
################################################## | 100% 0.03s
avrdude.exe: 1 bytes of efuse written
avrdude.exe: verifying efuse memory against 0x05:
avrdude.exe: load data efuse data from input file 0x05:
avrdude.exe: input file 0x05 contains 1 bytes
avrdude.exe: reading on-chip efuse data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude.exe: verifying …
avrdude.exe: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
0xf5 != 0x05
avrdude.exe: verification error; content mismatch
avrdude.exe done. Thank you.
Reading fuses…
WARNING: Unable to read fuses/lock bits
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: error: program enable: target doesn’t answer. 1
avrdude.exe: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
avrdude.exe done. Thank you.
Reading fuses…
WARNING: Unable to read fuses/lock bits
avrdude.exe: set SCK frequency to 1500000 Hz
avrdude.exe: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude.exe: error: program enable: target doesn’t answer. 1
avrdude.exe: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.
avrdude.exe done. Thank you.
best regards,
thanks!
Author
Hey wanek, I think the main problem is that you’re setting the low fuse to 0xFF, which configures it for a “Low Power Crystal Oscillator” and expects a 32.768KHz crystal, not 16MHz 😛 If you replace the crystal and set a very low bit clock for the USBasp then you should be able to revive the MCU (might have to update the USBasp firmware to change the bit clock). Actually… there seems to be a mismatch between the fusecalc website and what the datasheet says for some of the clock options :/
The mismatch error with extended fuse is because it’s writing 0x05, however the upper 4 bits are not used and are forced to 1 by the microcontroller, so when avrdude reads the fuse back again it reads 0xF5, it’s not a problem (it’s an issue with the conf file, I should get it fixed for next release).
Hope that helps!
i’ve just checked the “boards.txt” in arduino, and found this:
## Arduino Nano w/ ATmega328P
## ————————–
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328=ATmega328P
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.upload.maximum_size=30720
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.upload.maximum_data_size=2048
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.upload.speed=115200
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFD
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.bootloader.file=optiboot/optiboot_atmega328.hex
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.build.mcu=atmega328p
## Arduino Nano w/ ATmega328P (old bootloader)
## ————————–
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old=ATmega328P (Old Bootloader)
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.upload.maximum_size=30720
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.upload.maximum_data_size=2048
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.upload.speed=57600
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFD
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.bootloader.file=atmega/ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega328.hex
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328old.build.mcu=atmega328p
##############################################################
uno.name=Arduino/Genuino Uno
uno.vid.0=0x2341
uno.pid.0=0x0043
uno.vid.1=0x2341
uno.pid.1=0x0001
uno.vid.2=0x2A03
uno.pid.2=0x0043
uno.vid.3=0x2341
uno.pid.3=0x0243
uno.upload.tool=avrdude
uno.upload.protocol=arduino
uno.upload.maximum_size=32256
uno.upload.maximum_data_size=2048
uno.upload.speed=115200
uno.bootloader.tool=avrdude
uno.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
uno.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDE
uno.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFD
uno.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
uno.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F
uno.bootloader.file=optiboot/optiboot_atmega328.hex
uno.build.mcu=atmega328p
uno.build.f_cpu=16000000L
uno.build.board=AVR_UNO
uno.build.core=arduino
uno.build.variant=standard
it seems they use the same 0xFF everywhere for the low fuse for 16mhz external uno, nano, etc. now what?
Author
Oops, my bad, I got mixed up between “Low Power Crystal Oscillator” and “Low Frequency Crystal Oscillator” hah. So, 0xFF is correct. Try running the USBasp at a very low bit clock, you’ll need to update for the firmware to do that, by using another programmer. Also try removing the crystal and supply a ~8MHz clock signal to pin PB6 from another microcontroller (from a digital IO).
ok, this is for unbricking the 2 mcu. but do you have any idea what can be the main problem?
Author
Have you managed to successfully unbrick the MCUs? It’s all part of diagnosing the problem.
wow, thanks for the prompt reply!
i understand what you say with the incorrect fuse bits, and the mismatch between the calculator and the datasheet. i also checked with this android app: https://apkpure.com/avr-fuse-calculator/com.misc.avrfuse , and it gives the same (apparently wrong) 0XFF result…
i studied the atmega328 datasheet, but actually i’m not an expert with this low level stuff. could not figure out what values should i use for the external 16mhz clock…
can you please advise what should be the correct value?
regards,
wanek t.
Can AVRDUDESS be installed on windows 10 with out the conf file confusing the already installed Arduino IDE? Tried WINAVR once and it hosed Arduino IDE.
I found avrdude in the Arduino setup and tried: avrdude -c usbtiny -p attiny85 on a blank attiny85 chip and it said the id of the chip was wrong.?
Thanks for any help.
Author
Hey Joseph, WINAVR probably added its own paths to the %PATH% environment variable, confusing the Arduino IDE as it now finds multiple compilers and things in different places. AVRDUDESS doesn’t touch the %PATH% variable so it won’t cause any issues with IDEs. I think the avrdude supplied with Arduino needs to have the location of the conf file specified since it’s in a different location (etc folder I think).
Hello i’m running Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS.
I followed all the steps and in the last one (mono avrdudess.exe) i get “Cannot open assembly ‘avrdudess.exe’: No such file or directory.”.
I have seen that someone had the same issue and your answer was that it should install avrdude, but i already do that and it was successful, but the problem continues.
(Sorry for my english)
Author
Hi Tomas, did you extract the .zip and
cdinto the directory before running the mono command?my bad, I realized as soon as I asked the question hahaha, anyway, thank you very much for your answer, also I would like to say that your work here seems excellent
Hi, thank you for the great software.
Since version 2.8, I have experienced a problem with reading fuses on the ATmega8.
Pictures:
https://ibb.co/F6xQ3BK – v2.7 OK
https://ibb.co/vqwGpcZ – v2.8 Error reading
https://ibb.co/N1SY050 – v2.8 Error reading
Regards
Tomas
Author
Thanks Tomas 🙂
This is a known bug, it expects the MCU to have all high, low and extended fuses and since v2.8 it has been stricter on errors. I’ll get it fixed for the next version.
Hello Zak,
I have installed your brand new v 2.9 after having seen that the ATmega328PB was now supported.
As the latest avrdude version available on savannah’s server is still the old v6.3 , I thought that you had developped or found a patch for supporting the 328PB.
So I have installed Avrdudess v2.9 but I didn’t see the 328PB in the MCU listing.
What have I missed please?
Thanks by advance for your answer.
Regards,
Jerome
Author
Hi Jerome, only avrdude.conf has been modified to add 328PB support. Make sure AVRDUDESS is using the conf supplied with it, in options check that the avrdude.conf entry is blank. It should appear right under the 328P in the MCU list.
Dear Zak,
firstly I would like to thank you for great GUI for avrdude. I downloaded AVRDUDESS 2.9 and have identical issue with fuses as Tomas Pinter wrote on 7th of September 2019 but with ATtiny26. Below are screens from AVRDUDESS and from windows console with the same avrdude “command line”. Is it possible to skip efuse readout by modifycation of some external config file or it is “hard coded” in AVRDUDESS executable ?
Thanks in advance
Best regards
Rastislav from Slovakia 🙂
Screenshot from avrdudess gui:
http://www.sonix.szm.com/Pictures/Avrdudess2.9_Attiny26_fusses_issue.jpg
Screenshot from windows console:
http://www.sonix.szm.com/Pictures/Avrdudess2.9_Attiny26_fusses_issue_win_console.jpg
Author
Hi Rastislav, thank you 🙂
Yes the fuses that it reads are hardcoded. In the source code, Avrdude.cs, readFusesLockComplete() method, it looks for “error” or “fail” and if found it will fail on all fuses instead of just the efuse. I think I might have to make a v2.10 since this is a common issue 😛
AVRDUDESS is the most useful app for programming microcontrollers. I like it very much.
In the beginning i had some problems(V2.6) but they appeared to be a .net problem. I cheked in Windows 10 options to install the .net framework(s), but i had to try it several times to work. I think it is caused by my slow china 150,- euro netbook (Intel Z8350) and slow wlan connection. To give you a hint: compiling Marlin 2.0.x with the Arduino IDE takes more than 5 minutes. This is Sloooowwwww. Meanwhile i am using it only on my ‘real’ PCs with i7 and lots of RAM via rdp. This isreally a cool solution to speed things up andstill beeing mobile (inside my office).
My programmer is a AVR-ICE. It is a bit tricky to get it working because you need libusb.
So my question is why are you talking here about v2.6 and v2.7 when what I just downloaded is V2.11 ?
Author
Hey ken, I’m not sure who you’re replying to, but it’s probably best to check the comment dates since 2.11 has only been around for a month.
Dear Zak,
thank you for a nice software.
i created a Japanese language file.
pls include if you like.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n6ar7FvAmOsL3jIBOO53iv9A5at4RfL_
thank you!
Been using this for better than 6 months now and it is a joy to use rather than command line.
Thanks,
Joe
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