AVRprog - GUI frontend for AVR microcontroller programming tool
AVRprog [options]
This is a graphical frontend for AVRprog, a tool to access
the memories of AVR microcontrollers from Atmel.
This frontend natively works with Atmel GENERIC format.
Intel HEX format is supported if the file format
converters HEXtoGEN(1) and GENtoHEX(1) are installed.
AVRprog can be compiled for local mode or network mode. In
local mode it is linked against a locally installed
AVRprog backend library and the field "network address"
is deactivated. In network mode it is linked against an
AVRprog netlayer client which uses AVRprogd(1) to access
the programming hardware.
The standard X Window System options like:
-display displayname
Redirect output to display displayname.
can be used. See X(1) for details.
The fields "Network address" and "Device file" must be
properly set before the other functions can be used.
Network address
In network mode you have to specify the name or IP address
of the machine running AVRprogd in the field "network
address" like this:
hostname[:port]
If no port is specified, the default value 10000 is used.
Examples:
servername
192.168.0.1
Device file
Here you have to specify the character device file that
corresponds to the interface to which your programming
hardware is connected.
AVRprog supports RS-232 and IEEE-1284 (aka "Centronics")
interfaces. Programming hardware for USB and USB to
RS-232 converters can be used if there are RS-232
emulation drivers available for the operating system used.
Note:
IEEE-1284 interfaces are currently supported on GNU/Linux
and NetBSD only!
Device code
The button "Read device code" reads the signature bytes
from the AVR device and displays the corresponding device
name (e.g. "ATmega128").
Erase
The button "Chip erase" will clear all Flash-EPROM, EEPROM
and Lockbit locations of the AVR device. This function is
directly supported by all AVR devices and therefore very
fast.
The "EEPROM erase" button clears all EEPROM locations of
the AVR device. This is implemented by a write command to
every byte in the EEPROM and may take some time.
Lock bits
The "Write lockbits" button sets the memory protection
lockbits of the AVR device according to the radio buttons
provided.
Flash and EEPROM functions
The filenames for reading and writing memory images can be
directly entered into the provided fields or can be
selected from a file dialog using the "..." buttons. Note
that the "Files of type" selection in the dialog is only a
filter! The "GEN/HEX" button selects the format AVRprog
will use to create/interpret the selected file.
The "View" buttons show the file content and the
"Read/Write" buttons start the corresponding action.
Cycle
This is a convenience function. Select the desired actions
via the provided checkbuttons. Pressing the "Cycle" button
executes all the selected actions in the listed order.
Quit
Terminates the AVRprog frontend.
~/.AVRprog_frontend.cfg
User specific configuration file. AVRprog restores
the settings of the last session from this file at
startup.
~/AVRprog_frontend.log
All messages that are not presented in a pop-up
window (like the ones from external programs like
file format converters) are logged here.
If a backend routine returns an error, the backend
function call order is not respected afterwards. This can
lead to protocol errors in the AVRprog netlayer.
Markus Bernauer <markus.bernauer@fenceline.de>
AVRprogd(1), GENtoHEX(1), HEXtoGEN(1), X(1)
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