.:madworm:.'s photos with the keyword: ISP

Shipping took a bit long from the Ukraine, but that's the usual customs penalty one has to pay. From reading the makefile of LUFA I was initially prepared to have to reflash this thing with a hexfile that works with avrdude + libusb. HOWEVER, it worked with avrdude 5.11 right away (on linux)! AvrStudio 4 could talk to it too. That's how things should be. The nice thing about this one is that it can supply the target with either 5V (ATtiny, ATmega targets) or 3.3V (ATxmega). Once I get my ATxmega board ("BreadMate XMega PDI" by by Batsocks ) I can test if PDI programming works too. Programming speed in ISP mode (avrdude -c avrispmkII -P usb -B 1 ...) is surprisingly fast compared to my usbtiny.

Of course I knew that.

It broke off at a weak spot while cleaning the board a bit too vigorously. The reason for the weakness is that the brass tube was compressed in one spot (around its circumference) to keep the steel tip from slipping out. In an ideal world these pogo-pins should be mounted in such a way that the weak spot doesn't see and sideways force. Adding a sleeve might be advisable, or putting the whole thing into a suitable bore. I added a blog of solder.