For a current project a lot of ATtiny84 controllers have to be programmed. Testing the setup on a breadboard and programming with an USBtinyISP was easily done. But for an reliable process I wanted to use a mySmartUSB light programmer that has no external pins only an USB plug on one side and the 6 pin header for the programming cable on the other side. The whole process of flashing the ATtinys should be achievable also for a non technician.
There are three steps necessary to get the programmer working with the IDE.
- Install the driver for the USB2Serial chip
- add the programmer to the programmers.txt
- restart the IDE
A detailed description can be found here (in german):
A Translation by Google can be found here:
Maybe it saves some time for others to get the programmer work with the IDE.
Mario.