Comments on: Bus Pirate as STK500 compatible programmer?

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:25:06 +0000

v2 is implemented and works (so far…) with AVR studio, etc.

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2009/11/21/bus-pirate-stk500v2-avr-isp-firmware/

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:56 +0000

Test source is in the SVN, it compiles but I haven’t tested it. Looking at the source, I think it might only support ATMEGA128 at the moment. I’ll test it with ATTINY13A and ATMEGA128 and winavr later today.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:05:00 +0000

@Tarik – you’re right, it’s getting pretty tight in there. The STK500 code doesn’t look like much though, so maybe if I use the existing buffer systems and just implement the command handler it won’t be too bad. If it doesn’t fit, we can make it an option firmware that you can bootload into the Bus Pirate when you need it.

If there’s code that I can adapt, I don’t mind adding PIC programming, but I have no desire to write it on my own :)

By: Tarik

Tarik — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:58:59 +0000

Q? would the PIC on the BP have enough space to host a STK500 amongst the other current goodies?

AND What about a PIC programming option (pickit) too.
then you’d only need one programmer?

By: hkx

hkx — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Good idea. Hopefully it’s available when my preorder 3 gets here.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:38 +0000

i saw this over a hackaday and i think its a great idea.

when can i have one :)