About the App
Avrdude Software
- App name: avrdude
- App description: Atmel AVR MCU programmer
- App website: Not Available
Arduino gets the program into the device but you get NO simulation or debugging. So, with a Mac, you are a second class citizen. Basically same problem with CodeBlocks and other IDEs for gcc. I got a Win laptop, talk to it with TeamViewer & DropBox, and do almost everything 'on' my Mac, especially editing with good editor like TextWrangler. Download; CrossPack-AVR-20131216.dmg (41730 KB). AVRDUDE in version 6.0.1. Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.5 and older.
Install the App
- Press
Command+Space
and type Terminal and press enter/return key. - Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key.
If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish. - Run:
brew install avrdude
Done! You can now use
avrdude
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I finished building my USBtiny kit (that I got from you) and wanted to test it on a simple Atmega 48 circuit, but even after installing libusb 1.12 and Avrdude 5.8 several times, Avrdude keeps giving me an error telling me I still need to install libusb, recompile avrdude and then reinstall avrdude.
I was going to trying to test it with the command. 'avrdude -c usbtiny -p m48' to see if it would talk to the chip, but it just gives me that error about needing libusb installed.
Windows Avrdude
Just for the heck of it, I also downloaded Arduino 0017 and tried the burn boot loader option becase I know it suports the USBtiny. All I get is 'avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1' when I do that.
I'm new to all this stuff and don't understand why I can't get avrdude to install with usb support... HELP!!!
I don't get it. Is there some other way I can test the USBtiny?