# Help using Tiny AVR Programmer needed

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/help-using-tiny-avr-programmer-needed/32918>\
**Category:** MicroMod\
**Tags:** avr-atmel\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/help-using-tiny-avr-programmer-needed/32918 "2016-05-12T21:45:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![roadfun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@roadfun](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/roadfun)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/help-using-tiny-avr-programmer-needed/32918/1 "2016-05-12T21:45:19Z")

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I’m a newbie with the ATTiny and this programmer (this will be obvious). The installation/setup instructions I’ve found seen outdated so quite possibly I’ve just set things up wrong. I started out on this page [https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/ti … kup-guide/](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/tiny-avr-programmer-hookup-guide/). I have Arduino 1.6.7 installed and am running on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.11.4 (latest).

I created a ‘hardware’ folder in the same folder as my sketches and put ‘attiny’ folder inside. I opened up 1.6.7 and all good I can choose “ATTiny” as a board type. I set the processor to ATTiny85, clock 1MHz and Programmer to “USBTinyISP”. Here is a link to what the Tools menu looks like [https://www.dropbox.com/s/vq2tgrxr3voh1 … p.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/vq2tgrxr3voh1hs/ATTiny%20setup.png?dl=0)

When I hit the upload button the example blinking sketch compiles fine but fails to upload with this error:

```auto
avrdude: no programmer has been specified on the command line or the config file
         Specify a programmer using the -c option and try again

```

Any help appreciated! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![reddgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@reddgreen](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/reddgreen)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/help-using-tiny-avr-programmer-needed/32918/2 "2017-01-03T02:08:05Z")

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Maybe this will help, I just happened to be reading some blogs and your error message caught my eye:

[https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=400338.0](https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=400338.0)

other people seeing this error with various versions of Arduino.

Best,

Mike