The AVR8 Burn-O-Mat is a GUI for AVRDUDE, an utility to download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers using the in-system programming. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Gui Portable Add a feature 2 Like. 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.
I recently switched from Windows to OS X. I bought a MacBook and I already love it.
The downside is, that I have to build up the complete environment to program AVR microcontrollers again.
This is a write up of things to install and confiure to get the tool chain up and running.
Avrdude For Mac Catalina
Prerequisites
- Mac OS X 10.4.10
- mySmartUSB programmer
Installation of tool chain
- XCode 2.4.1. This package contains most tools needed for developing for Mac OS X. We need it for make and for the compiler to compile the tools further down. Download it here. Follow the instructions of the installation dialog.
- X11. Following the instructions to install Mac Ports, we have to install X11 first. Install it from the Mac OS X installation CD #1.
- Mac Ports 1.5.0. To be able to fetch and install ported packages, we need to install Mac Ports. Download it here. Be sure to follow the instructions and check, if Mac Ports is working.
- AVR-GCC cross compiler and needed tools and libs. If port is running, issue
sudo port install avr-libc
in your terminal. That will fetch the packages and compile them. - avrdude 5.3.1. I am using avrdude as programmer. To fetch it from Mac Ports, issue
sudo port install avrdude
mySmartUSB Programmer
For my programmer, mySmartUSB, a driver is needed. As the programmer uses the Silicon Labs CP2102 chip for USB-to-UART conversion, an additional driver is needed. It can be found here. After installation a reboot is recommended. The device file is only visible when the programmer is attached to the USB port. Mine is here: /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART.
Test run
After having installed everything I wanted to see if my tools are working as expected. I wrote the “Hello World”-blinking LED program that all of you know. Compiling it works without problems. Programming it, reveals a problem, that I was already familiar with. avrdude was able to talk to the programmer, but complains about
Verify error - unable to read lfuse properly. Programmer may not be reliable.
Again. This time I just used the -u switch to overwrite the warning. My command line looks like this:
avrdude -v -u -p ATmega8 -c avr910 -P /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART -U flash:w:main.hex:i
Avrdude Linux
And it works!
Links
Avrdude For Mac Installer
- AVR Tutorial from Lady Ada, great introduction to use a Mac with AVRs.
- mySmartUSB programmer.