Problems with Olimex AVR-USB-JTAG and Spark Fun Electronics

Has anyone successfully used this product?

I posted a query here a week or two ago, no replies - so I ordered one
from Spark Fun Electronics. It arrived with the wrong USB cable (they
shipped A to B, it requires A to A) and SFE never responded to my email
asking for the problem to be corrected (note to self: buy elsewhere
next time). So I cannibalized two other USB cables and got it
connected.

I installed the latest driver from FTDI, and it mounted the device as
COM5. I can't find any method in registry or control panel to change
that, by the way.

AVR Studio won't connect. I select JTAGICE and COM5, and it just pauses
for a little while then returns to the select-port dialog.

It is possible my target isn't working properly yet - but shouldn't AVR
Studio connect to the ICE even if there is no target connected? It's
not establishing any communication whatsoever.

larwe wrote:
<snip>
> I installed the latest driver from FTDI, and it mounted the device as
> COM5. I can't find any method in registry or control panel to change
> that, by the way.
<snip>

XP(sp2)
DeviceManager->Ports->Com5->Properties->Advanced->DropDown

HTH
Rocky

Rocky wrote:

> > I installed the latest driver from FTDI, and it mounted the device as
> > COM5. I can't find any method in registry or control panel to change
>
> XP(sp2)
> DeviceManager->Ports->Com5->Properties->Advanced->DropDown

Ah, I'll try moving it to COM2 when I get home. I noticed that Olimex
mentioned problems with firmware upgrades on ports > 2. Thanks.

Try posting to the SFE forum, or see if anyone there has the same
problem.

Leon

larwe wrote:

> AVR Studio won't connect. I select JTAGICE and COM5, and it just pauses
> for a little while then returns to the select-port dialog.

This turns out to be a case of RTFM, sorta. Olimex's web page
http://www.olimex.com/dev/avr-usb-jtag.html says "no need for external
power supply as takes power from USB port". This turns out not to be
true; the AVR-USB-JTAG requires target power.

On 10 Jan 2006 17:16:02 -0800, "larwe" <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> wrote:

>larwe wrote:
>
>> AVR Studio won't connect. I select JTAGICE and COM5, and it just pauses
>> for a little while then returns to the select-port dialog.
>
>This turns out to be a case of RTFM, sorta. Olimex's web page
>http://www.olimex.com/dev/avr-usb-jtag.html says "no need for external
>power supply as takes power from USB port". This turns out not to be
>true; the AVR-USB-JTAG requires target power.

.. just like the Atmel JTAGs - it's for the JTAG's level converter chips
that make the device work with targets with different Vcc as far as I
remember.

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Frank-Christian Kruegel wrote:

> >> AVR Studio won't connect. I select JTAGICE and COM5, and it just pauses
> >
> >true; the AVR-USB-JTAG requires target power.
>
> .. just like the Atmel JTAGs - it's for the JTAG's level converter chips

That much I can understand, but it seems like the actual micro inside
the USB-JTAG is powered off the target, since you can't upgrade the
firmware unless you're connected to a powered target.