USBasp programmer cannot be found regardless of which driver I use

[bradley2020]

Hi everyone. I have recently purchased the HCDVBD0031 USBasp programmer from hobby components. Since purchasing it, I have used Zadig to install the libusb-win32 USB driver:

and the correct signature for the programmer can be seen in my device manager:

despite this, whenever I try to use the programmer I get this error message:

I get this message regardless of which driver I use.... does anyone know why my IDE cannot find the USB device?

[er_name_not_found]

Do you have to select a com port to use this programmer?

[missdrew]

Change the driver to WinUSB in Zadig

[bradley2020]

Hi both, no option for selecting the USBasp comes up as a com port and I have tried with the WinUSB in Zadig as well but no luck...

[er_name_not_found]

Tools->Programmer->USBasp

[bradley2020]

Hi everyone,

thanks for the responses, not sure why but it is now working using the WinUSB when it didn't work with it before! I managed to burn my bootloader and I can now upload sketches using the USBasp

[in0]

I'm glad to see the issue was already resolved, but I'll leave a comment for anyone who comes later since this common question was mentioned in passing: the USBasp does not produce a serial port, so it is normal and expected that you won't find an entry for it in the Arduino IDE's Tools > Port menu.