The USB in-circuit programmer for Atmel AVR controllers is termed as USBasp which consists of an ATmega48 or ATmega8 along with a couple of passive components. In the design, no special USB controller ...

June 3, 2010 We love our AVR Dragon programmer but it can be nice to have a cheap and simple in system programmer on hand too. The USBasp is one such programmer that uses and ATmega8 as its only IC.

It’s assumed that you have procured one USBasp Programmer from your trusted component vendor! Connecting the programmer to your computer comprises of two steps. First step is the physical connection ...

Last Fall [Kevin] wanted to program some newer TPI-only AVRs using an old USBasp he had kicking around his lab. Finding an “odd famine of information” and “forums filled with incorrect information and ...