RE: [avr-gcc-list] uisp Communication Problem

[Craig Schlenter]

Hi

[ I haven't been following this thread so comments below may have
been mentioned by someone else already btw. ]

> OK.  Sounds like you're on the right track as with respect to fuse
> programming.  But if uisp can't read the signature byte, you 
> have other troubles.

At least one of the atmel data sheets muttered something about some
chips having signature 0xff and then you'd have to manually tell the
programmer what chip it was ... I've only used uisp once but did run
into a chip that it couldn't program through the stk500 but using
avr-studio to drive the stk500 and program the same chip was fine.
And uisp had moaned about the signature bytes like the stuff below.
Try avr-studio instead and see if it's better.

> > >>  * Target status:
> > >>    Vendor Code = 0xff, Part Family = 0xff, Part Number = 0xff
> > >> 
> > >> Probably the wiring is incorrect or target might be `damaged'.

Possible. Or see above.

Also you should be rather careful choosing fuse setttings. If you
mess it up, you may have to use an external clock on the chip to
chat to it again or the reset might be disabled in which case you
won't get it into serial programming mode again etc.

--Craig

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