I have a USBasp V2 that I have been using for years to program drivers. Most recently I have been using it with ZFlasher on Android and have been upgrading FWxA’s with chip clips and D4v2’s and D4Sv2’s and all has been going well. Now, I am trying to put N-lite on a couple of AK47’s with 13A chips and no matter what I cannot get it to even try to work. I am getting a bad chip signature on every try.
What have I tried?
1) New clip, they do fail.
2) Different USBasp, have not had one fail before.
3) Changed 3.3 to 5 volt.
4) Tried to read a known good BLF SRK 7135 driver.
All have failed! It seems that I am having trouble with only the 13 or 13A chips. Zflasher lists a 13 but not 13A as an option, maybe a problem? Do I need special baud rate for frequency for the 13? Default has worked for every other chip I have used it on. The errant signature is all zeros, so it is just not communicating.
I may need to set up avrdude on the PC, but it is going to be awhile before I get a chance to do that and I really wanted this darn driver before Thursday. BTW, it is going into an old Balder AA light that I have resurrected that has the horrible modes of the AK47.
Any ideas?
Thanks Matt
EDC rotation:
FW1A, LH351D 4000k (second favorite)
FW3A, LH351D 3500k
FW3A, SST20 FD2 4000k
FW3A, Nichia 4000k sw40 r9080 (favorite light!)
FW3A, Cree XP-L Hi 5A3
Emisar D4V2, SST20 4000k
S2+, XM-L2 T6 4C
Is pin 5 of the ATtiny connected to ground? If yes, that’s your problem.
The only pins that are grounded are 4 and 7.
EDC rotation:
FW1A, LH351D 4000k (second favorite)
FW3A, LH351D 3500k
FW3A, SST20 FD2 4000k
FW3A, Nichia 4000k sw40 r9080 (favorite light!)
FW3A, Cree XP-L Hi 5A3
Emisar D4V2, SST20 4000k
S2+, XM-L2 T6 4C
Pin 7 must not be grounded as well. A several kOhm pulldown should be OK, but not directly grounded.
Pin 7 appears to be 122k with my Fluke meter.
I have also installed AVRdude and it recognizes the USPasp but also does not see the ATtiny 13.
EDC rotation:
FW1A, LH351D 4000k (second favorite)
FW3A, LH351D 3500k
FW3A, SST20 FD2 4000k
FW3A, Nichia 4000k sw40 r9080 (favorite light!)
FW3A, Cree XP-L Hi 5A3
Emisar D4V2, SST20 4000k
S2+, XM-L2 T6 4C
It was some time ago I was dealing with those. If I remember correctly, the USBASP needs to connect to 6 pins, doesn’t it? If any of those pins (besides GND pin) are shorted with GND you will not be able to flash it?
Besides grounded pins there is a possibility that those drivers have had the lock fuse set on the MCUs. If they are locked / bricked you need high voltage serial programming device to get then to respond again. Here is some information about it: https://www.electronics-lab.com/recover-bricked-attiny-using-arduino-as-...
I made a Arduino based HVSP a long time ago and got it to work every now and then but it was a real hassle. I’m so glad to be done with those things.
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Just resetting the lock bits does not require HV programming. Reading the device signature is always possible, independent of the lock bits. I think just disabling serial programming prevents reading of the signature (and enabling it would require HVP).
Oh yes, I think you are right. What I was doing was using the reset pin as an IO, that required HV programing to get it responsive again.
Sorry for the noise, it was ages ago I was dealing with those things.
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