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avrp(1) General Commands Manual avrp(1)

NAME

avrp - Atmel AVR programming software to use with Atmel's serial-port programmers

SYNOPSIS

avrp [-s <serial port>] [-a <chip type>] [-prv] [-f <filename>] [-e <filename>] [-d <deffile>] [-l <lockmode>] [--enable <fuse>] [--disable <fuse>] [--version] [--help] [-qIh]

DESCRIPTION

avrp works on serial-port programmers which use Atmel's communication protocol for serial-port programmers. These programmers can program AVR (and other) chips both in serial and parallel mode.

These programmers are known:
AVR ICP - Atmel In-circuit programmer
AVR PPR - Atmel parallel programmer
AVR DEV - Atmel development board
AVR A.G - Parallel mode programmer by Adrian Godwin

Adrian Godwin's programmer can be found on http://www.fangorn.demon.co.uk

Instruction on how to build Atmel's in-circuit programmer can be found on Atmel's homepage (http://www.atmel.com). Look for application note avr910

avrp is currently supporting these systems:
Linux
FreeBSD
AmigaOS
win32 (windows 95++ and NT)

The source-code part of Atmel's application note AVR910 was used to determine how to communicate with these programmers.

OPTIONS

Several option can be given after one '-', but if an option requires an argument; the argument must be given after that option.

Specifies which serial port to talk through. This option can be avoided if you set the environment variable AVRP_SERIALPORT
Specifies what kind of chip to talk to. Use '-a list' for chip type to get a list of supported devices. You can use the shortest possible abbreviation to identify a chip. This option can be avoided if you set the environment variable AVRP_AVRTYPE
Program a chip -f <filename> and/or -e <filename> must be specified to determine which files to read from. (-f specifes flash, and -e eeprom)
Read a chip -f <filename> and/or -e <filename> must be specified to determine which files to write to. (-f specifes flash, and -e eeprom)
Verify. Performs a standalone verify. (The program function will always do a inline verify) -f <filename> and/or -e <filename> must be specified to determine which files to read from. (-f specifes flash, and -e eeprom)
Specifies which flash-file to read/write. Supportet formats are Intel HEX and Atmel's generic fileformat.
Specifies which eeprom-file to read/write. Supportet formats are Intel HEX and Atmel's generic fileformat.
Specifies lockmode to progam into the chip. Use '-l list' to get a list of possible lockmodes.
Quiet. Don't write any progress information. Will speed up programming.
Specifies the path and filename of avrp.def if default location is not possible. Can also be set with the environment variable AVRP_DEFFILE
Ignores the signature in the chip. This is very useful if the signature in the chip have been destroyed in some way.
Enables specified fuses.
Disables specified fuses.
You can use this to speed up programming on newer programmer firmware.
Print out version information.
Print out a short help text.

FILES

/etc/avrp.def

Definition file

ENVIRONMENT

Specifies which serial port to use.
Specifies chip to talk to.
Specifies the location of avrp.def

EXAMPLES

Print out information on the programmer:
avrp -s /dev/ttyS1

Same as above, but also give information on the inserted chip:
avrp -s /dev/ttyS1 -a AT90S1200-D/E/F

Program a chip (flash only, and using a short chip-descriptor):
avrp -s /dev/ttyS1 -a 1200-d -p -f avr910.rom

Read a chip (flash and eeprom, AVRP_SERIALPORT is set):
avrp -a 8515 -rf test.hex -e test.eep.hex

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jon Anders Haugum

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

AUTHOR

Jon Anders Haugum <jonah@colargol.tihlde.hist.no>

28 September 1998 Version 1.0 beta 3