Hey People,
I bought my Bus Pirates a few days ago. Now i tried to use it as Programmer vor my Atmega 88 but I think its a little bit slow.
Im using Windows 7.
Here you can see the Log:
Detecting BusPirate...
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** Bus Pirate v3
** Firmware v4.2 Bootloader v4.2
** DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3043 (B5)
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BusPirate: using BINARY mode
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.10s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e930a
avrdude: NOTE: FLASH memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be perform
To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "MrData.hex"
avrdude: input file MrData.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (8080 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 262.58s
avrdude: 8080 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against MrData.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file MrData.hex:
avrdude: input file MrData.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file MrData.hex contains 8080 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 258.53s
avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 8080 bytes of flash verified
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK
avrdude done. Thank you.
if you flash the other firmware in the bp it will behave like STK500v2 (look here: http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/STK ... mmer_clone (http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/STK500_v2_AVR_programmer_clone) ) and it will work many times faster. You will have to switch firmware back if you want to use it as BP again.
So 30.136 Bytes/sek is the normal speed?
Hi Uran0s - I'm not completely sure what the speed should be. The theoretical bandwidth is a lot more than that though. Maybe there is an AVRdude setting that increases the SPI speed setting?
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So 30.136 Bytes/sek is the normal speed?
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I don't remember how slow it was, but it was "very slow" when I tried it out, that's why I mentioned "other firmware" :) if you want to use it as programmer on regular bases .. to programm some atmel from time to time, it is "fast enough" imho
Hello!
Reading this post makes me wonder... then, it's really recommended to change the firmware to the stk500 one each time you want to program an avr?
Thanks!
Hi djrama - You can do it both ways, the Bus Pirate gives you options :) It depends on which programmer type works with your software and what features are most important.