xmega32E5 and programmer issue

krolikbest · Joined: 02 Jan 2017 Posts: 112

Hello,
I recently purchased an xmega32e5. I have a programmer based on LUFA project (AVRISP mkII) supporting isp, pdi and tpi. However, on the seller's website this microcontroller is not listed as a supported chip. The last update of the LUFA project I have is LUFA151115.hex. My question, maybe there is (I can't find via google) a newer update that supports this chip? I will add that in Bascom using this programmer in ISP mode I have no problem detecting and programming atmegas while trying to detect a board with xmega32e5 (http://store.modulowo.com/pl/p/Xmega-eXploreE5-z-ATXmega32E5/358) I get

"stk500v2_disable(): failed to leave programming mode, got 0x01
Chip Device ID : 000006
:stk500v2_cmd(): failed to read signature
AVRISP MK2 detecteg
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Some hints, ideas according to this programmer (https://www.sibit.pl/sklep/avr-prog-mkii.html).

Regards,
Martin

albertsm · Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 5921 Location: Holland

in bascom , when using xmega, the PDI protocol is automatic used.
But of course the programmer must be able to support this.
stk500/600 protocol is used.
you could try using avrdude to see if it works.

krolikbest · Joined: 02 Jan 2017 Posts: 112

First to be sure that this programmer works with avrdude I decided to connect it to the Arduino Uno via ISP interface, knowing that in Bascom I can use this programmer as a USBProg Programmer/AVR ISP mkII and there it works and can upload programs to the Uno, so I gave a try to communicate using avrdude 6.3 and I've written:

avrdude -p m328p -c avrisp2 -P usb

but I got as a respone:

avrdude: stk500v2_recv_mk2: error in USB receive
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer

but using avrdude 5.11 I successfully read a signature. It seems that my programmer with LUFA project has a serious problem with avrdude >=6.01. I can't use downgraded version because I doesn't support xmega32e5. Abandon this programmer and buy something newer or there is some workaround according LUFA project. Maybe someone had similar problem?

Regards,
Martin

krolikbest · Joined: 02 Jan 2017 Posts: 112

After short vacation finally solution is found. If you have some programmer based on LUFA project the last firmware is from 2015 year for my programmer. I didn't find any newer but this one is ok. Next thing you have to do is to use avrdude that support x32e5 uC. This is in version 6.3 and higher but as I've written earlier - using avrdude6.3 with programmer with LUFA in my case ended up with