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Topic: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

http://store.atmel.com/PartDetail.aspx? … escription wondering bc it says it cant find a usb. i figure that means it has to have one of these using the isp pins

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Re: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

what OS and computer and printer are being used? it may just be the com port got taken by another device recently installed

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

im using windows 7 with a prusa i3 i just finished building. Im hoping i dont need an avr programmer to boot the board. it came with a disc that had the arduino program on it, thought i could just hook it up and use arduinio selectring the right board. but i get usb error.

n2ri wrote:

what OS and computer and printer are being used? it may just be the com port got taken by another device recently installed

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Re: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

if trying to run multi printers from 1 computer Solidoodle blog page has info how. thats what they told me when I asked how they run 24 printers at once. main thing is have to asign dif com port to each printer when installed. anything that has an address (like com ports etc) has to have its own or it gets "return to sender" stamped on it ;P

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

Could be a counterfeit FTDI chip on the Melzi board:

http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-th … ake-chips/

Also, no need to start multiple threads on the same issue.

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Re: do i need one of these to bootload my board?

shields1.as wrote:

http://store.atmel.com/PartDetail.aspx? … escription wondering bc it says it cant find a usb. i figure that means it has to have one of these using the isp pins

An AVR programmer is not required if your board already has a boot loader. 

However if you bought a board that hasn't been programmed with a boot loader, the only way to load firmware into it is with a hardware programmer like that.

BTW, you don't have to pay $34 for something like that.  You can get AVR programmers on eBay for as little as $5.  Just do a search for AVR programmer.

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