AVR Programmers
Hopefully this will become a resource for people looking to buy a programmer for their RepRap electronics project. The impetus for the page was a recent issue I had with the USBTiny programmer trying to program the bootloader to a 1284P. I found out as many others have that USBTiny is not compatible with the larger memory space of the 1284P. So the initial part will be a compatibiity matrix.
Compatibility
This is a compatibility chart for various AVR programmers to aid people in finding a suitable programmer for their RepRap electronics project. Each programmer is followed by a collumn that indicates whether or not it is possible to program from within the Arduino software or whether the user would need to use some other burning software to load the bootloader with. The rest of the collumns indicate compatibility with various chips used in RepRap electronics. A question mark indicates probable compatibility but not yet confirmed. If you have used a particular programmer to burn a particular AVR in the list please remove the "?" to show it has been confirmed.
| Programmer | Arduino software support | 644 | 1284 | 1280 | 1286 | 1287 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USBTiny | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Pololu USB AVR Programmer | ? | Y | Y | Y? | Y? | Y? |
| AVR ISP MK II | Y | Y | Y | Y? | Y? | Y? |
| USBasp | Y | Y | Y? | Y | Y? | Y? |
| Arduino as programmer | Y | Y | Y? | Y | Y? | Y? |
| Parallel Programmer | Y | Y | Y? | Y | Y? | Y? |
