Tutorial : Automating AVR devices programming

[ikalogic]

Hi!

I just wrote this article to share our experience in automating AVR devices programming with a simple VB.NET application:
http://www.ikalogic.com/automating-atmega-chips-programming/

I thought it would be interesting for the community here!

All feedback and comments are most welcome!

 

[kubeek]

Well, why not if it works for you. But I think that wirting a simple batch file to control AVRdude might be easier.

 

[ikalogic]

Well, i wanted to have a nice visual interface, that is easy to see when something went wrong (big red bold message), and that is easy to change the HEX programming file without having to modify a batch file. I also wanted the serial number in the EEPROM to be automatically generated.. Can you do that with batch file?

 

[Sceadwian]

The program seems very simple and with nice features for someone in a basic production environment.

Kubeek, have you ever tried to program a batch of chips in a production environment before? Thinking is nice and all, but getting something simple for the machine programmer to use that provides the right information is very different from a knowledgeable user interacting with the system.

A child could probably run ikalogic's software and know when to get someone if something went wrong after only a minute or two of instruction.