The problems with the AVR Dragon on Linux

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Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 07:38 AM
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I'm using eclipse with the AVR Eclipse plugin installed and i've installed: gcc-avr avr-libc binutils-avr avrdude eclipse eclipse-cdt

I try to upload the code to an ATMEGA1284P-PU on my breadboard and I get this error:

 

Launching /usr/bin/avrdude -pm1284p -cdragon_isp -Uflash:w:testing.hex:a 
Output:

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.15s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.15s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000 (retrying)

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.15s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x000000
avrdude: Yikes!  Invalid device signature.
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.

avrdude done.  Thank you.

avrdude finished

 

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    Posted by gchapman: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 08:12 PM
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    A few (of several?) AVR Dragon issues :

    • power
    • target cable length

     

    Atmel Studio

    I've connected my tool through an USB hub, and now I get error messages and inconsistent results while programming and debugging.

    http://www.atmel.com/webdoc/GUID-ECD8A826-B1DA-44FC-BE0B-5A53418A47BD/index.html?GUID-2AA8AD76-3118-454D-9198-E377F88DE62D

    ...

    Note:

    Note that the AVR Dragon should be connected through a powered USB hub. This is because the power supply on the Dragon can be to weak if the motherboard does not provided enough power. If the Dragon times out or freezes, then the hub might be of to low quality.

    http://www.atmel.com/webdoc/avrdragon/avrdragon.troubleshooting.html

     

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 08:20 PM
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    Im using the SPI/ISP port on the AVR Dragon and Im using jumper leads that go from the AVR Dragon to the breadboard. Power is being suppled from a 5V plugpack. It worked fine with the ATAVRISP MKII programmer. 

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    Posted by ka7ehk: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 08:49 PM
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    A common reason for  invalid signature is an ISP clock that is running too fast. It must be no higher than 1/4 the MCU clock and preferably a bit lower than this. For example, if the MCU is one of the ones that typically runs at 1MHz internal default, then the ISP clock should be no higher than 250KHz and much preferably 125KHz. If it is running with an 8MHz clock, then 1MHz ISP clock is a good choice.

     

    It is also important to remember that an external crystal is NOT used until the fuse has changed. Thus, even if you have an external 8MHz crystal and the MCU, out of the box, uses 1MHz internal RC oscillator, you must set the ISP to 125KHz because that is set by the MCU clock that is actually  running when you try to program it. As far as I know, the new fuse setting is not active until the MCU  goes through a reset cycle.

     

    Jim

    Jim Wagner Oregon Research Electronics, Consulting Div. Tangent, OR, USA http://www.orelectronics.net

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 08:54 PM
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    Are you talking about the "Override Default Baudrate (-b)" 

    The target is set at 1 MHz

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    Posted by gchapman: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 08:59 PM
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    -b baudrate (for RS232)

    -B bitclock (ISP clock)

     

    http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/avrdude-doc-6.3.pdf

     

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    Posted by ka7ehk: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 09:00 PM
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    No, talking about the ISP clock rate. Baud rate is the data rate between your computer and the Dragon, as far as I know. One of the command line switches sets the ISP clock rate.

     

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    Jim Wagner Oregon Research Electronics, Consulting Div. Tangent, OR, USA http://www.orelectronics.net

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    Posted by gchapman: Sun. Mar 12, 2017 - 09:36 PM (Reply to #6)
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    http://savannah.spinellicreations.com/avrdude/avrdude-doc-6.3.pdf

    (page 29)

    4 Configuration File

    ...

    4.1 AVRDUDE Defaults

    ...

    default_bitclock = "default-bitclock";

    Assign the default bitclock value. Can be overridden using the ‘-B’ option.

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 06:07 AM
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    I have another problem now :'( I don't know whats happened :'(

    Launching /usr/bin/avrdude -pm1284p -cdragon_isp -Uflash:w:testing.hex:a 
    Output:
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): sign-on command: status -1
    avrdude: jtagmkII_getsync(): timeout/error communicating with programmer (status -1)
    avrdude: failed to sync with the AVR Dragon in ISP mode

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 06:41 AM
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    I FIXED IT :) I rewired the circuit and added "-B10" as an argument to AVRDude

    http://luniks.net/avr-debug.php 

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 06:43 AM
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    But what does the "-B10" argument do and what does it mean, is there any other variants or different configurations.     

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    Posted by clawson: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 09:24 AM
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    User manual:

     

    http://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/us...

     

    It says:

    -B bitclock

    Specify the bit clock period for the JTAG interface or the ISP clock (JTAG ICE only). The value is a floating-point number in microseconds. The default value of the JTAG ICE results in about 1 microsecond bit clock period, suitable for target MCUs running at 4 MHz clock and above. Unlike certain parameters in the STK500, the JTAG ICE resets all its parameters to default values when the programming software signs off from the ICE, so for MCUs running at lower clock speeds, this parameter must be specified on the command-line. It can also be set in the configuration file by using the ’default_bitclock’ keyword.

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    Posted by gchapman: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 03:08 PM (Reply to #10)
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    johnnyhoffmann_32 wrote:
    http://luniks.net/avr-debug.php

    AVR Debugging on Linux (with debugWire)

    http://luniks.net/avr-debug.php

    1. Debugger

    At the time of writing (beg. of 2016), the old and discontinued JTAGICEmkII seems to be the best supported option on Linux, so I got myself a used one of those. The current Atmel-ICE Basic doesn't seem to work at all with AVaRICE because it uses a completely different protocol. Alternatives to the JTAGICEmkII are the AVR Dragon and possibly JTAGICEmkII clones like the ones from Kee Electronics and Waveshare. While both claim to be fully compatible on Windows, there is no statement on Linux compatibility.

    ...

    9. Start AVaRICE

    The following command should do:

    avarice -2 -w -Patmega328p -j usb :4242

    Successfully started, AVaRICE should give the following output:

    AVaRICE version 2.13svn20141210, Mar  6 2016 17:51:25

    ...

    ...

    Eclipse

    1. Debugging in Eclipse

     

    P.S.

    EDBG (Atmel-ICE) entered AVaRICE on 2016-02-29 then mEDBG in 2016-03; current is r372 on 2016-04-18.

     

    https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=AVaRICE&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

    https://sourceforge.net/p/avarice/code/commit_browser

    ...

    [r358] Merge the jwunsch_edbg branch back to trunk.

    Authored by: joerg_wunsch 2016-02-29 ...

    ...

    via

    http://avarice.sourceforge.net/

     

    Edit : Title and snippets with URL, P.S.

     

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    Posted by johnnyhoffmann_32: Mon. Mar 13, 2017 - 07:58 PM
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    So "-B10" means 10 microseconds or 100khz?

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    Posted by gchapman: Tue. Mar 14, 2017 - 01:45 AM (Reply to #14)
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    10 microseconds

    https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/problems-avr-dragon-linux#comment-2110306

     

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    Posted by senor_garbaggio: Thu. Nov 9, 2017 - 03:38 PM
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    Hey all, 

     

    Sorry for bugging yall, but I'm trying to get an avr dragon to run on linux, but it doesnt seem to be recognized (as a node i.e. /dev/ttyUSB). Could you please do me a favor and see what you get when you run this command:

     

    usb-devices

     

     

    This is what I get:

     

    T:  Bus=01 Lev=04 Prnt=115 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#=118 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
    D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=16 #Cfgs=  1
    P:  Vendor=03eb ProdID=2107 Rev=01.00
    S:  Manufacturer=ATMEL
    S:  Product=AVRDRAGON
    S:  SerialNumber=XXXXXXXXX
    C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
    I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)

     

     

    Thanks

     

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    Posted by joeymorin: Thu. Nov 9, 2017 - 04:05 PM
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    Duplicate:

    https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/avr-dragon-linux-drivers

    "Experience is what enables you to recognise a mistake the second time you make it."

    "Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement."

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    "Fast.  Cheap.  Good.  Pick two."

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    "We see a lot of arses on handlebars around here." - [J Ekdahl]

     

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    Posted by senor_garbaggio: Thu. Nov 9, 2017 - 04:32 PM (Reply to #17)
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    lol that would be me, but i think i just found a fix so i'll update it there for anyone else.

     

    Best,

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    Posted by joeymorin: Thu. Nov 9, 2017 - 04:37 PM
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    I know.  That's why I said it was a duplicate.  More accurately, this is a hijack.  Both are frowned upon.  Stick to your own thread.  Don't hijack this one, which has nothing to do with your problem.

    "Experience is what enables you to recognise a mistake the second time you make it."

    "Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement."

    "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not unicorns."

    "Fast.  Cheap.  Good.  Pick two."

    "Read a lot.  Write a lot."

    "We see a lot of arses on handlebars around here." - [J Ekdahl]

     

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    Posted by joeymorin: Thu. Nov 9, 2017 - 04:44 PM
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    .

    "Experience is what enables you to recognise a mistake the second time you make it."

    "Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement."

    "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not unicorns."

    "Fast.  Cheap.  Good.  Pick two."

    "Read a lot.  Write a lot."

    "We see a lot of arses on handlebars around here." - [J Ekdahl]

     

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    Posted by senor_garbaggio: Fri. Nov 10, 2017 - 02:31 PM (Reply to #19)
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    Hi Joey,

     

    You really think it has nothing to do with The problems with the AVR Dragon on Linux? 

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    senor_garbaggio wrote:
    You really think it has nothing to do with The problems with the AVR Dragon on Linux? 

    Don't only look at the subject line of a thread. That is much to imprecise to deem if you "have the same problem". Read the entire first post and see if the problem described fits your situation.

     

    It's almost always better to start a new thread, instead of tacking your post onto an existing one. Especially so when the thread is old or oldish.

     

    Regardless of that this is certainly a cross-post, which is also frowned upon.

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    No guarantees, but if we don't report problems they won't get much of  a chance to be fixed! Details/discussions at link given just above.

     

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    Posted by clawson: Fri. Nov 10, 2017 - 06:42 PM
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    No point continuing this here.

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