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Greetings!

I have a problem burning my chips.
I just bought myself an USBtinyISP and tried to burn some chips with it: attiny2313 and atmega168.
but the following problem occurs:

avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1

The first time I connected the atmega168 to the USBtinyISP they communicated fine. but after pressing "burn bootloader" in the arduino-software the error occured. now that error message always appears. The wiring was double and tripple controlled by my collegues and me. same problem with attiny2313
My question: What is it? Is there a chance of rescuing my chips and putting them back on track? and what have i done wrong?

C:\Users\shit>avrdude -c usbtiny -p t2313 -vvvv

avrdude: Version 5.10, compiled on Jan 19 2010 at 10:45:23
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\WinAVR-20100110\bin\avrdude.conf"


         Using Port                    : lpt1
         Using Programmer              : usbtiny
         AVR Part                      : ATtiny2313
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD4
         BS2                           : PD6
         RESET disposition             : possible i/o
         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
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         Programmer Type : USBtiny
         Description     : USBtiny simple USB programmer, http://www.ladyada.net
/make/usbtinyisp/
avrdude: programmer operation not supported

avrdude: Using SCK period of 10 usec
CMD: [ac 53 00 00] [ff ff ff ff]
CMD: [ac 53 00 00] [00 00 00 00]
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

many thanks for coming replies.
alwinman

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Using Port : lpt1
Using Programmer : usbtiny

Looks like the default port is the parallel printer port, not the USB port. You probably have to specify the port used to talk to the USBtiny.

3

Hey

I found out what the problem was:
I had a LED connected to digital Pin 13 which is also used as MOSI and so there were some problems communicating.
Thanks for the help!

4

Hey,

My atmega168 is working fine, and i wasnt testing my attiny2313s anymore. But today i wanted to burn a program onto them and its not working.

Its always the same error:

C:\WinAVR-20100110>avrdude -v -v -v -v -p t2313 -c usbtiny  -b 16000 -F

avrdude: Version 5.10, compiled on Jan 19 2010 at 10:45:23
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\WinAVR-20100110\bin\avrdude.conf"


         Using Port                    : lpt1
         Using Programmer              : usbtiny
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 16000
         AVR Part                      : ATtiny2313
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD4
         BS2                           : PD6
         RESET disposition             : possible i/o
         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
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 0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : USBtiny
         Description     : USBtiny simple USB programmer, http://www.ladyada.net
/make/usbtinyisp/
avrdude: programmer operation not supported

avrdude: Using SCK period of 10 usec
CMD: [ac 53 00 00] [ff ff ff ff]
CMD: [ac 53 00 00] [ff ff ff ff]
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
avrdude: Expected signature for ATtiny2313 is 1E 91 0A

avrdude done.  Thank you.


C:\WinAVR-20100110>avrdude -c usbtiny -p t2313

avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.


C:\WinAVR-20100110>

I think i can remember that they were able to communicate the first time i connected them.
Maybe i messed up with the fuse settings?
my wiring is correct and i ve been trying this with external power aswell as the usbtiny internal power supply.
I tried to put on a 16k Mhz clock on pin4 and 5 with 22pF to GND

What do you suggest?

5

with 22pF to GND

One or two capacitors?

6

clock is between pin 4 and 5 and then 2 22pf: one after clock from pin4 to GND and one from pin5 to GND.

Is there a Possibility to reset the chips to factory settings?

7

clock is between pin 4 and 5

On the 2313 or the 168?

8

on the 2313 ofc. the wiring is correct 500%

maybe this is the problem:
PAGEL : PD4
BS2 : PD6
RESET disposition : possible i/o

possible i/o ? maybe i messed the fuses and put on the reset disable the first time?
so only high voltage programming could cure it?
or is there another problem?

9

alwinman:
maybe this is the problem:
PAGEL : PD4
BS2 : PD6
RESET disposition : possible i/o
possible i/o ? maybe i messed the fuses and put on the reset disable the first time? so only high voltage programming could cure it?

Those are potential programming parameters not the current disposition of the processor or even the programming parameters the were used.

This indicates that the programmer is responding...

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

This indicates that the processor did not respond...

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000

The processor is not clocked correctly, the programmer is trying to communicate too fast, or there is a problem with the wiring.