Arduino iDE not uploading via USBasp

stepus · December 30, 2020, 12:31am

Hi everyone, can please somebody help me with usbasp programmer in arduino ide ? When i try to upload hex in IDE by usbasp programmer i get error message : avrdude: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update. avrdude: error: program enable: target doesn't answer. 0 avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1 Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override this check. so i done update firmware in usbasp via arduino as isp programmer, and i still getting same error... But connections are okay, when i try to upload hex with avrdudess it works, and i didnt touched any connection like usb disconnect and isp connections. Thanks

pert · December 30, 2020, 7:20am

stepus:

avrdude: error: program enable: target doesn't answer. 0 avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1

This error is caused by using the libusb-win32 driver with Arduino's version of avrdude:

github.com/arduino/avrdude-build-script

avrdude 6.3.0-arduino2 incompatible with USBasp using libusb-win32 driver

opened 10:08AM - 30 Jul 16 UTC

per1234

Using Arduino IDE 1.6.10/Arduino AVR Boards 1.6.12 with Windows 7 64 bit and 32 …bit With libusb-win32 v1.2.6.0 driver installed for USBasp: 1. Tools > Board > Arduino/Genuino Uno 2. Tools > Programmer > USBasp 3. Tools > Burn Bootloader fails with: ``` C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.6.10\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.6.10\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -cusbasp -Pusb -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0x05:m -Uhfuse:w:0xDE:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m avrdude: Version 6.3, compiled on Jun 22 2016 at 16:05:21 Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/ Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.6.10\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf" Using Port : usb Using Programmer : usbasp AVR Part : ATmega328P Chip Erase delay : 9000 us PAGEL : PD7 BS2 : PC2 RESET disposition : dedicated RETRY pulse : SCK serial program mode : yes parallel program mode : yes Timeout : 200 StabDelay : 100 CmdexeDelay : 25 SyncLoops : 32 ByteDelay : 0 PollIndex : 3 PollValue : 0x53 Memory Detail : Block Poll Page Polled Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- --------- eeprom 65 20 4 0 no 1024 4 0 3600 3600 0xff 0xff flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0xff 0xff lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00 signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00 Programmer Type : usbasp Description : USBasp, http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/ avrdude: auto set sck period (because given equals null) avrdude: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update. Error while burning bootloader. avrdude: error: program enable: target doesn't answer. 0 avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1 Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override this check. avrdude done. Thank you. ``` If I replace C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.6.10\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avrdude.exe with the stock AVRDUDE 6.3 from http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/avrdude-6.3-mingw32.zip it works as expected(I encounter https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/5175). It also works with USBasp/libusb-win32 v1.2.4.0, I didn't try it with libusb-win32 v1.2.2.0. This indicates to me that there is a way to make AVRDUDE 6.3 compatible with USBasp/libusb-win32. Since this is a very commonly used programmer I think it would be worth trying to make the AVRDUDE included with Arduino compatible with as many drivers as possible. I've already seen two other users report similar issues on the Arduino forum. If I change the USBasp driver to libusbK v3.0.7.0 it works as expected. Using avrdude 6.3.0-arduino2 with USBasp/libusb-win32 v1.2.4.0, or v1.2.2.0 also doesn't work but with a different error output(I can post it if necessary). Using avrdude 6.0.1-arduino5 with USBasp/libusb-win32 v1.2.6.0, v1.2.4.0, or v1.2.2.0 works correctly. Using avrdude 6.3.0-arduino2 with USBtinyISP/libusb-win32 v1.2.6.0 works as expected. EDIT: I installed the drivers using [Zadig](http://zadig.akeo.ie/).

The solution is to use the libusbK driver instead:

Download Zadig: http://zadig.akeo.ie/. Note that Zadig is recommended on the official USBasp page: http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/.
Plug in your USBasp
Start Zadig
From the dropdown menu, select USBasp. If it doesn't show up on the menu, then select Options > List all devices and check again.
Click the up or down arrows next to the Driver selection box on the right side until you see libusbK.
Click the "Replace Driver" button.
After it finishes you can close Zadig.

stepus · December 30, 2020, 10:42am

many thanks pert, it works ! i have used zadig earlier to install driver libusb0(v1.2.6.0) - that works only for extremeburner,avrdudess. I didnt know that for use in arduino is needed libusbK - and it also works in extremeburner etc.

pert · December 30, 2020, 2:25pm

You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it's working now. Enjoy!
Per

system · May 6, 2021, 6:12pm