Programming ATTINY2312 with Pickit 3

[ko4nrbs]

The PCB that has the ATTiny2312 IC on it has a 2X3P programming header connector.    Can this be programmed with the Pickit 3 utilizing this 2X3P header?  The ATTiny232 is in the MPLAB software version 6.20 for the Pickit 3.


Thank you,
Bill

[WattsThat]

Not a PIC guy but no, don’t think so. Could be wrong as I’m old school AVR, pre microchip purchase of Atmel.

What you need is one of the $5 usb/isp dongles on eBay and open source  avrdude software. The programmer needs the 10 to 6 pin adapter board, sometimes $1 more if not included.

Dozens available, one example:

ebay link

[TomKatt]

Not a PIC guy but no, don’t think so. Could be wrong as I’m old school AVR, pre microchip purchase of Atmel.

What you need is one of the $5 usb/isp dongles on eBay and open source  avrdude software. The programmer needs the 10 to 6 pin adapter board, sometimes $1 more if not included.

Those USBASP dongles work like a charm and are probably the most common programmer in use.

I still cannot believe that Atmel got bought by Microchip lol...  It makes my head hurt looking at AVR datasheets with the Micro logo printed on it.  When I think of the rivalry that went on between AVR and PIC users - it reminds me a little of modern day iOS/Android or Rigol/Siglent ;-)

[fchk]

The PCB that has the ATTiny2312 IC on it has a 2X3P programming header connector.    Can this be programmed with the Pickit 3 utilizing this 2X3P header?  The ATTiny232 is in the MPLAB software version 6.20 for the Pickit 3.

PICKIT3 only has ICSP for PICs.

PICKIT4 and 5, PICKIT BASIC, and MPLABX SNAP implement all interfaces Microchip supports today:
* PIC: ICSP
* AVR/ARM/PIC16/MIPS: JTAG
* AVR: ISP, dW, PDI, TPI, UPDI
* ARM: SWD

They have 8 pins instead of 6 pins for a reason.

[Andy Chee]

If you've got a spare Arduino UNO floating around, you could always program the example sketch "ArduinoISP", effectively turning it into the equivalent of an eBay dongle.