Arduino IDE does not list the AVR in the serial board

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Hello All,

I am trying to use the Pocket AVR programmer (USBTiny) to program a ATMega2560 but I am not able to upload anything because the Arduino IDE does not it in the serial boards. I am using a Retina Mac with OS X 10.8 - I also tried a MacMini with 10.9 with the same results.

When I plug the USBTiny in then the “power” and “D-” LEDs light up. I also tried the avrdude:

avrdude -c usbtiny -p t2313

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f
avrdude: Expected signature for ATtiny2313 is 1E 91 0A
         Double check chip, or use -F to override this check.

avrdude done.  Thank you.

After that command also the “stat1” LED is lit. But I still don’t see it in the serial board section. Also I dont what to do about “Expected signature for ATtiny2313 is 1E 91 0A”.

Is the Pocket AVR programmer hardware OK? I bought already a different USBTiny (torobot) which did not work at all.

Any suggestions how to get programmer listed in the serial board section?

Thank you

Markus

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Looks like you are telling avrdude that the chip is an ATTiny2313 when the chip really is a mega2560…

/mike

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Mike,

I have attached a photo of the connected boards. If that message reports indeed a mega2560 than that is wrong as well. I have an Arduino Uno connected.

Where did you get that list with the codes?

Markus

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You said that your target was a mega2560. It is a mega328p. Try -p atmega328p instead of -p t2313

/mike

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Yes, my goal is a mega2560 but I decided to test the process of programming with a mega328. Trying your suggestion:

avrdude -c usbtiny -p atmega328p -n

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f

avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (H:05, E:D6, L:FF)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Does this look right now?

It seems that another problem is that the usbtiny is lot listed under /dev/. I was looking for a mac driver but could not find any.

Does that mean I cannot use the Arduino IDE for programming?

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Unfortunately, I am not a Mac person. Doing a google search for “usbtiny arduino mac” gets many hits, however.

/mike

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I am already googling around for days and tried all hints. I even bought a USB2 hub, different cables and installed “FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_18.dmg” with no effect. So far I spend more than $100 on 3 different USBTiny, USB HUB, and various USB cables… This is really frustrating.

How does anyone with a mac use the USBTiny with the Aduino IDE?

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Install Windows in a virtual environment?

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A virtual PC will cost another $80 - not sure I want to throw more money at this.

Is there really no solution for mac users?

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I would advise you to ask your question here http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?board=2.0. There are more MAC users…

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I already posted there (http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=201130.0) with no reply :cry:

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I tried your suggestion and my Uno is now connected via the AVR Programmer to a PC. I am running XP SP3 from 2002 on a Virtual PC on a mac and I get a grayed out port menu as well. The Arduino IDE is v 1.0.5.

I installed the “usbtinyISP” win32 driver v1.12 from adafruit website but the usbtinyISP does not get listed as a port.

What I am missing here?

Thanks

Markus