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USBasp UART

Modification to the original USBasp firmware, allowing to debug AVRs using UART.

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When I first saw USBasp programmer, I wondered why it has 10 pins in the connector, even though it uses only six during programming, According to official schematics, two of them (often labeled as unused or ground), are actuallyy connected to Tx and Rx of ATmega on board. There was no support for UART so far, so I thought maybe it's time to do it myself :).
There have been a lot of problems and gotchas during this project, and I learned a lot about USB protocol - it's really time-sensitive, by the way!
See GitHub page of the project for a several page long discussion of the project development. Here, I'll just write that I managed to make USBasp send and receive at around 12kB/s, which corresponds to constant UART stream at 120000baud. That is usually much more than needed for debugging purposes, so I'd say mission succeeded :)

GitHub page: https://github.com/akrasuski1/usbasp-uart

source.zip

Sources of new firmware and computer utility for communication.

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resistor.jpg

Photo of slight modification I had to make - resistor on Tx line turned out to make signal too weak, so I added another.

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  • 1 × USBasp
  • 1 × 2 goldpins
  • 1 × jumper Electronic Components / Misc. Electronic Components
  • 1 × 200Ohm SMD resistor

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emre wrote 04/01/2021 at 11:11 point

nice. thanks.

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