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STK500 Compatible USB Programmer
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DESCRIPTION FEATURES DOCUMENTS
AVR-ISP500 is a fast and reliable USB AVR programmer, and works directly with
AVR Studio. It is recognized as a STK500 programmer and programs all AVRs. It
emulates USB CDC so no drivers are required and works under Windows, Linux
and MacOS. If you do not want to use AVRStudio you can use AVR-ISP500 with
AVRdude.
STK500 Compatible USB Programmer Product Help and Resources
Windows 10
last updated about 9 months ago
There may be some issues with getting the drivers to install with Windows 10. The solution is to disable the “unsigned driver enforcement in Windows
10. Download and manually install the Olimex drivers. The firmware AVR-ISP500 may need to be updated as well.
COM Port
last updated about 9 months ago
The COM Port number assigned by Windows must be COM4 or below. See page 5 of the user manual for more information.
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COMMENTS 25 REVIEWS 3
2 out of 5
Based on 3 ratings:
1 of 1 found this helpful:
Not what I was looking for.
about 2 years ago by Member #743523 verified purchaser
In summary: If you are trying to move on to AVR programming from Arduinos, I would suggest spending some
extra money and getting the ATMEL ICE ISP. Also the 328pXplained board is useful because tutorials online
use it.
I’m a beginner when it comes to working with standalone AVR chips, but I’ve been using Arduinos for years, I
am employed as an embedded programmer, and I am pretty good at making things work. I bought this so I
could use it with Atmel and AVR studio, and I had a hell of a time getting it to work. There is limited support
online. I found myself hopelessly deep in the forum rabbit hole before I decided that this product was not what I
was looking for. I understand this device works with AVRdude… ANNND that if I spent another few days figuring
out what firmware it should run, or what usb drivers should be used to communicate with it, and if I add this and
that to this and that, EVENTUALLY it may have been the tool I needed, but I was tired of flailing around, and I
bought an ATMEL ICE ISP instead… and it’s EXACTLY what I was looking for.
could not get it to work
about a year ago by Member #851270 verified purchaser
used two different pc’s and it would not work. Drivers loaded ok, but could not get it to work with the Basic ARV
software.
ROB-24601 replied on November 1, 2016:
Sorry that you’re having issues with it. If you contact our tech support team, they should be able to help
you out.
Not working yet, I need help
about 9 months ago by Member #9023 verified purchaser
I bought the Olimex AVR-ISP500 because the genuine Atmel AVRISP mkII is no longer available and I didn’t
have any luck with the Chinese copy programmers. I am using Windows 10 and Atmel Studio 7. The ISP500 is
not recognized by Atmel Studio and the Olimex User Manual is over 10 years old and the instructions are wildly
incorrect for the new software. Windows 10 will not install the Olimex drivers. Atmel Studio doesn’t have the
dialogs for setting up the programmer shown in the Olimex documentation. I don’t want to use AVRDUDE. Does
anyone know how I can get this to work?
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