NEX AVR USB ISP STK500V2

NEX AVR USB ISP STK500V2

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Introduction

NEX AVR USB ISP STK500V2 is a high speed USB powered STK500V2 compatible
In-System USB programmer for AVR family of microcontrollers. It can be used with
AVR Studio on Win XP platforms. For Windows7 it can be used in HID mode with
Avrdude command prompt as programming interface. Its adjustable clock speed allows
programming of microcontrollers with lower clock speeds. The programmer is powered
directly from a USB port which eliminates need for an external power supply. The
programmer can also power the target board from a USB port with limited supply current
of up to 100mA.

Note: The USB port of PC provides 5V DC. For 3.3V microcontrollers, please use
appropriate voltage regulators.

Compatibility Chart

Operating System AVR Studio (CDC) AVRDude (HID)

Windows XP
Windows Vista X
Windows 7 X

Note: If mode is HID, insert HID/CDC jumper (J2) and if mode is CDC, remove
HID/CDC jumper (J2).

Features

• Low cost USB compatible (No legacy RS232 required)

• Compatible with STK500V2
• Can be used with AVR Studio as STK500 programmer (only WinXP)
• Can be used with AVRdude on Win7/XP/Vista
• Jumper adjustable programming clock speeds for low clock speed
microcontrollers. Low speeds from 32 KHz to 1MHz are supported.
• Programs almost all AVR microcontrollers (Refer Table below)
• Jumper selectable HID/CDC mode.
• USB powered
• Jumper selectable 5V power supply for target boards
• Standard 10 pin (5x2) programming connector
• Power and programming activity indicator LEDs
• No external power supply required

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Supported AVR Microcontroller

AT90 tinyAVR megaAVR megaAVR contd.. xmegaAVR

AT90S1200 ATtiny2313 ATmega8515 ATmega3250P ATxmega128A1
AT90S2313 ATtiny2313A ATmega8535 ATmega3290 ATxmega128A3
AT90S2323 ATtiny11 ATmega48(P) ATmega3290P ATxmega128D3
AT90S2343 ATtiny12 ATmega8 ATmega32C1 ATxmega16A4
AT90S4414 ATtiny13 ATmega8(A) ATmega32HVB ATxmega16D4
AT90S4434 ATtiny13(A) ATmega88(P) ATmega32M1 ATxmega192A3
AT90S4433 ATtiny15 ATmega88(PA) ATmega32U2 ATxmega192D3
AT90S8515 ATtiny167 ATmega8HVA ATmega32U4 ATxmega256A3
AT90S8535 ATtiny22 ATmega8U2 ATmega32U6 ATxmega256A3B
AT90CAN32 ATtiny24 ATmega16 ATmega103 ATxmega256D3
AT90CAN64 ATtiny24(A) ATmega16A ATmega128 ATxmega32A4
AT90CAN128 ATtiny25 ATmega16HVA ATmega1280 ATxmega32D4
AT90PWM2 ATtiny26 ATmega16HVB ATmega1281 ATxmega64A1
AT90PWM216 ATtiny261 ATmega16M1 ATmega1284P ATxmega64A3
AT90PWM2B ATtiny28 ATmega16U2 ATmega128A ATxmega64D3
AT90PWM3 ATtiny44 ATmega16U4 ATmega128RFA1
AT90PWM316 ATtiny45 ATmega161 ATmega2560
AT90PWM3B ATtiny48 ATmega163 ATmega2561
AT90PWM81 ATtiny461 ATmega164(P) ATmega64
AT90USB646 ATtiny84 ATmega164(PA) ATmega644
AT90USB647 ATtiny85 ATmega162 ATmega644P
AT90USB1286 ATtiny88 ATmega168(P) ATmega644PA
AT90USB1287 ATtiny861 ATmega168(PA) ATmega645
AT90USB82 ATtiny861(A) ATmega165 ATmega649
ATmega165P ATmega640
ATmega169 ATmega6450
ATmega169P ATmega6490
ATmega1650
ATmega1690
ATmega32
ATmega32A
ATmega323
ATmega324P
ATmega324PA
ATmega328P
ATmega325
ATmega325P
ATmega329
ATmega329P
ATmega3250

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NEX AVR USB ISP STK500V2 Overview

Jumper Description

J1: If inserted, provides 5V at VTG (pin no.2) of ISP connector. If removed 0V at VTG
(pin no.2) of ISP connector. In default mode, this jumper is not inserted.

J2: If inserted, enables UBS HID mode. If removed enables USB CDC mode. In default
mode, this jumper is not inserted.

J3: If inserted, enables slow clock speed (for 32 KHz to 1MHz speed microcontrollers). If
removed enables normal clock speed. In default mode, this jumper is not inserted.

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ISP Connector Pin Details

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Driver Installation
Case 1: Installing drivers for STK500 CDC Mode

Download software package from Nex Robotics website and unzip the contents on your
local drive. This zip file contains documentation, driver files and Avrdude software.

1. If connected, disconnect programmer from PC and remove HID/CDC jumper (J2).

Now reconnect programmer to PC and observe the task bar for “Found New Hardware”
message.

2. After identifying the hardware, the windows driver installation wizard should start.
Select “No, not this time” and click next to continue.

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3. Select “Install from a list of specific location” and click next to continue.

4. Browse to AVRUSBSTK500\Drivers directory and click next to continue.

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5. In the next window click Continue Anyway to proceed.

6. After successful installation of drivers following window will appear. Click finish to
complete the installation.

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7. To identify the COM port assigned to NEX AVR USB programmer, go to System
properties window. In the Hardware tab click Device Manager.

8. In the Device Manager, expand Ports tree and observe that NEX AVR USB
Programmer is installed at COM55. The COM port should be less than 4 for it to be
recognized by AVR Studio. To change COM port, double click on NEX AVR USB
Programmer.

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9. In the port settings tab Click Advanced.

10. In the Advanced Settings window select the appropriate COM port (less than or equal
to 4) and click OK. Ensure that the selected COM port is not in use by any other
application.

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11. In the next window, click Next to continue.

12. Right click anywhere in the device manager and click on “Scan for hardware
changes”.

13. After scanning is complete, observe that new COM port is assigned to the
programmer.

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14. Open AVR Studio from Start Menu. Click Con button on the tool bar to open
Connect Dialog.

15. In the connect dialog, select platform as STK500, select appropriate port and click
connect. If Connect Dialog reappears, then recheck that the COM port is available and try
again.

16. In the next window, click cancel to skip firmware upgrade.

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17. After clicking cancel, AVR Studio will open STK500 interface. In the main tab,
select the appropriate microcontroller and read its signature. Observe that the signature
matches the selected device.

18. In the Program tab, select the appropriate hex file and click program to load the hex
file in the microcontroller.

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19. The programming status can be observed in the bottom area of the window.

20. The Fuses tab can be used to set the fuse bits of the microcontroller. For appropriate
fuse bit values, refer microcontroller datasheet.

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21. The Lock Bits tab can be used to set the lock bits of the microcontroller. For
appropriate lock bit values, refer microcontroller datasheet.

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Case 2: Installing drivers for HID mode (Works on all windows operating systems)

1. If connected, disconnect programmer from PC and insert HID/CDC jumper. Now

reconnect programmer to PC and observe the task bar for “Found New Hardware”
message.

2. HID mode does not require additional drivers. It uses generic windows drivers.

3. Go to Device Manager and observe that new Human Interface Device (HID) is
installed. If there are other HID devices connected to PC, you may optionally identify
each device by viewing its properties.

4. Before proceeding ensure that you have AVRDude.exe and AVRDude.conf on your
PC. These files are available in the zip file that was downloaded earlier from Nex
Robotics website.

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5. Go to Start Menu>Run and type “cmd” to open command prompt.

6. On the command prompt, type the path of the folder that contains avrdude.exe and
avrdude.conf files. For e.g. refer fig. below.

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7. On the command line type the command as shown in the fig. below. Here -p m640
refers to the microcontroller part number. The last section after –U in quotes specifies the
location of hex file. In the command line edit the part number and hex file location as
required and connect the programmer to the target board using 10 pin FRC cable
provided with the programmer and turn ON the target board.

8. Press enter. You should see the programming status in the command prompt window.
If there is any error, recheck ISP connection and command line parameters.

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Example Commands:

Eg 1. Transfer a file called example1.hex to a Mega128 device.

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U flash:w:example1.hex

Eg 2. Transfer a file called "example1.hex" present on Desktop to a

Mega128 device and change hfuse to 0xfe and lfuse to 0xdc.

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U flash:w:example1.hex –U

hfuse:w:0xfe:m lfuse:w:0xdc:m

Eg 3. Modify the contents of hfuse, lfuse and efuse of Atmega640

microcontroller

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m640 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U efuse:w:0xf7:m -U

hfuse:w:0xd7:m -U lfuse:w:0xff:m

Eg 4. View Avrdude's version number and other details.

avrdude -v

Eg 5. Read the contents of the FLASH memory and store them in a file
called test1.hex

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U flash:r:"c:\test1.hex":i

Eg 6. Read the contents of the EEPROM memory and store them in a file
called test1.eep

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U eeprom:r:"c:\test1.eep":i

Eg 7. Read the contents of HFUSE and LFUSE and store them in files
hfuse.hex and lfuse.hex

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U hfuse:r:"c:\hfuse.hex":i

-U lfuse:r:"c:\lfuse.hex":i

Eg 8. Read the contents of HFUSE and LFUSE and EFUSE and store them in
files hfuse.txt and lfuse.txt and efuse.txt

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m640 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U efuse:r:"c:\efuse.txt":h

-U hfuse:r:"c:\hfuse.txt":h -U lfuse:r:"c:\lfuse.txt":h

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Eg 9. Read device signature bytes and store them in a file called

sig.hex

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP –U

signature:r:"c:\signature.hex":i

Note: - The signature bytes are fixed for a specific AVR device

Eg 10. Read device lock bytes and store them in a file called lock.hex

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U lock:r:"c:\lock.hex":i

Eg 11.Read device RC oscillator calibration bytes and store them in a

file called calibration.hex

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -U

calibration:r:"c:\calibration.hex":i

Eg 12. Erase the chip

avrdude -c stk500v2 -p m128 -P NEX-USB-ISP -e

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