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FTDI Breakout with additional ISP connector
There's a thread about that on the Arduino Forum - someone had a similar question.
I found a schematic (below) which is not for that board, however the header pins are labelled the same as you found, ...
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Male header pins on Arduino Uno
These are the In System Programming (ISP) pins. They are used to program the microcontroller without using the bootloader.
The bootloader is a program already loaded into the flash of the ...
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Why was the Atmega16U2 used on the Arduino UNO as a USB to Serial converter?
First reason I'd guess is price:
FT232 on octopart: USD2.65 ~ 3
Atmega16U2 on octopart: USD2.12 ~ 2.2
They can probably get much better deals considering that the Atmega328 is also from Atmel (now ...
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Can I program a factory fresh Atmega328P through UART pins without burning a bootloader?
No, the ATmega's ISP does not operate over the UART pins but only the ISP pins.
To program it via a UART, you need to first load a bootloader, unless your chip was pre-programmed by the vendor, ...
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ESP8266 as ISP program for ATMega16
1. Uploading the sketch to your ESP8266
Tools > Board > select the appropriate ESP8266 board
File > Examples > ESP8266AVRISP > Arduino_Wifi_AVRISP
Change lines 7 and 8 to match the SSID and password ...
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Extend program space by getting rid of bootloader on NANO
It's enforcing this line from the arduino:avr boards.txt
nano.menu.cpu.atmega328.upload.maximum_size=30720
To be clear, the board is assumed to have a bootloader, even if you're not using it to get ...
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Using Arduino as ISP to burn sketch directly to ATmega328 without first installing a bootloader on the ATmega328
It is possible to skip the Burn Bootloader step. When you do Upload Using Programmer the bootloader is overwritten and thus serves no purpose. However, there is another reason for the Burn Bootloader ...
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Upload a .hex file, using a standalone ISP, without overwriting bootloader
To preserve the bootloader, you should use the -D option in the ISP command line just as it was used in the bootloader upload command line. This will disable usage of full-chip erase.
I expect you ...
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When using Arduino Uno as ISP does "Yikes! Invalid device signature" mean a bad connection, bad config, or bad version of avrdude?
I had exactly this problem. If the ATtiny is set for external clock, then the ArduinoISP will not be able to program it without an external crystal. Connected a 16 MHz crystal and 2 capacitors ...
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What's the difference between ICSP vs ISP?
The difference between ISP and ICSP is a hyphen.
ISP stands for In-circuit Serial Programming, and ICSP stands for In Circuit Serial Programming.
Any arrangement that allows you to program a ...
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Using Arduino as ISP to burn sketch directly to ATmega328 without first installing a bootloader on the ATmega328
The bootloader only enables serial programming of the device; it is perfectly possible to run Arduino programs without it provided that the code is compiled with the same hardware options (MCU model, ...
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How to prevent ATTiny program from running after I flash it with Arduino?
This means that if I try to flash the program, ATTiny will start to put PWM power into my Arduino. I don't want that to happen.
Why do you think that is a problem? The "PWM power" cannot be any ...
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What programmer do I select in Arduino IDE for the ATMEL-ICE ISP?
As of V1.8.2, the ATMEL-ICE is now included as a programmer in the Arduino IDE.
The ATMEL-ICE was not available as a in-system programmer (ISP) in version 1.6.8 of the Arduino IDE.
On the 20th of ...
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MicroSD interfering with ISP programming
Because the SD card is an SPI device it shares the same pins as the ISP interface. The only way to not have the SD card interfere with the ISP is to not have the SD card connected.
As you have seen, ...
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Is this a USBasp I can use with Arduino?
That's not a USBasp, that's some other programmer that has co-opted Atmel's vendor ID invalidly. If you want to use it then you will need to find and use some program called "ProgISP" that is only ...
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ISP - Wrong direction frying ATmega
No, connecting it backwards shouldn't do any damage, it just won't work. The clue is in these two connections:
NC -|- GND
GND -|- NC
With it backwards the ground connection doesn't go ...
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Male header pins on Arduino Uno
The one by the USB connector is ICSP for the USB interface chip. The other is ICSP for the main chip and doubles as the (now standard) SPI interface for shields.
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/...
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When using an Arduino as an ISP, is the capacitor required or not?
The purpose of the capacitor is to prevent the "master" Arduino (the Mega in the first image above) from resetting when the serial port is opened. If that board resets, then programming ...
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Help understanding how avrdude works with ArduinoISP and why its not working for me
The target board was not reset.
The "Arduino as ISP" sketch uses pin 10 to reset the target, not the SS pin. So even on Mega, wire reset of target to pin 10, not to pin 53.
Is this an error ...
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How to use any module that has no library for arduino?
About the fingerprint sensors from mobile phones: You might find the answers to this question useful. They explain in detail, why it is not really worth the effort to try interfacing such a ...
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multiple connection with ISP Pin at Arduino Micro
Each SPI device must have a separate device/slave select pin. The device must disconnect (high impedance state) when not selected. The SD shield will have a level shifter. It may not correctly ...
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Debugging with ISP
There is provision in the USBasp specification for a UART connection, however, not all manufacturers copy the original schematic exactly, and no firmware actually contains the appropriate code for CDC/...
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Trying to verify that Arduino Pro Micro ISP is working
As Mikael Patel notes, pin 10 on the programmer Pro Micro should run to RST on the target.
That might or might not fix the problem. In some previous instances of the “Yikes! Invalid device signature”...
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How to upload a sketch via Arduino Nano
I presume you have boot loader on your Nano, so you can use your USB to serial, just wire (D0)TX->RX(USB), (D1)RX->TX(USB), GND-GND and supply power to the target Nano. You will need to reboot Nano ...
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Can I avoid having a bootloader if I use ISP to flash to an arduino?
It looks like the Trinket Pro has an Atmega328P processor. You can change the fuses to not run the bootloader, in which case you don't need the space taken by it.
I have a hex uploader sketch which ...
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Which external programmers work reliably with Arduino Mega?
I have successfully used Arduino as ISP (not to be confused with Arduino ISP) on a Mega clone that has a funky FTDI-clone onboard, and would not let me upload bootloader through serial. This worked ...
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What if I have burnt my atmega328p?
Trying your fuse settings on an
AVR fuse calculator shows that you
have selected an “external full-swing crystal” as the clock source.
Now your ATmega won't work unless you connect it to an external ...
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What if I have burnt my atmega328p?
after two days of searching on internet, I decided to just reburn the bootloader again on my target µC to discover if it's really burned or not.
SO, I guess it was not damaged because I was able to ...
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Arduino ISP ATtiny problems
I did not download Arduino as ISP into my arduino. I realize how much of an idiot I am. The capacitor wasn't even needed for some reasons. I might make an intensive tutorial on this project.
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Arduino ISP external power
Even with an external supply, you must still have a common ground reference between the ATmega being programmed, and the Arduino/ATmega doing the programming. According to your comment this was the ...
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