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and the
. The programmer features upgradable firmware,
allowing updates for future devices. It does not currently work with Atmel’s XMega line of microcontrollers.
The programmer is powered by the 5V USB power bus, and it is intended for programming AVRs that are running at
close to 5 V (note that the programmer does not deliver power to the target device).
1.c. Supported Operating Systems
The Pololu USB AVR programmer has been tested under Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista,
Windows 7, Windows 8, and Linux. See
for limited Mac OS X support.
The programmer’s configuration utility works only in Windows, but this should not be a big problem for Linux users
because all the options that can be set in the configuration utility are stored in persistent memory, so you would only
have to use Windows when you want to change those parameters, which should be rarely (if ever). The programmer
does not require the configuration to program AVRs or to use the TX and RX USB-to-TTL-serial adapter pins.
The SLO-scope application works only in Windows.
The programmer is compatible with a variety of AVR programming utilities for Windows, Linux and Mac OS,
including AVRDUDE, AVR Studio 4, AVR Studio 5, and Atmel Studio 6.
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