If you need to use a parallel port try Direct IO - http://www.direct-io.com/
To get into AVR, start with a Arduino Uno first for $30 from RS or Element-14. You just need to supply the USB A to B cable. There is a nice Arduino Simulator available here for $10 http://arduino.com.au/Simulator-for-Arduino.html Then purchase a AVR ISP MkII from RS or element-14 and wire up the 6 pins connector to a micro powered from 5V. Or else just use the STK-600 as an ISP as suggested above. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Colin O'Flynn <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait… you have a STK600? Why bother with all this? Just use it to do > programming & save yourself a huge hassle. Learn how the ISP works… see > http://support.atmel.no/knowledgebase/avrstudiohelp/mergedProjects/STK600/stk600_programming_ext.html, > and see the help-file in Studio, and ask questions on what you don’t > understand here or on AVRFreaks!**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard > Cavell > *Sent:* September-29-12 11:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [avr-chat] DAPA programming hardware options**** > > ** ** > > Hi, all. > > I'm in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. I'm trying to learn AVR > Programming by starting here: > http://hackaday.com/2010/10/23/avr-programming-introduction/ > > I'm sure you'd realize that for a newbie, there's a sudden rush of new > terminology that I don't understand. I need to take one step at a time. > I've decided to follow this tutorial step by step. For example, I own a > STK600 but after reading the instruction manual several times, I still > don't know enough to do ISP from it. > > I built myself a DAPA cable. Problem is, none of my computers has a > parallel port. I installed a 3rd party parallel port card (cheap Chinese > rubbish) into a PCI slot on my desktop, but it turns out the driver is > unsigned and probably doesn't work on Windows 7 anyway. > > In order to follow this tutorial, I need a computer with a > motherboard-mounted parallel port that will run avrdude and reliably > program an AVR through it. Any ideas what kind of computer/operating > system would give me the most compatibility? I guess I could go through > ebay to buy an old computer, or find someone locally. > > Richard**** > > _______________________________________________ > AVR-chat mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat > > -- Best Regards Fergus Dixon T: 02 9482 4973 M: 0413 139 408
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