How to Make (Almost) Anything | Lizbeth B. De La Torre

Project | 07 Embedded Programming

Programming the FabISP and Hello World board
This week I attempted to program my FabISP Board from the previous week as well as programmed my new Hello World Board. I am working on a new MacOS High Sierra, 10.13.6 with USB-C. I used my USB to USB-C dock.

For the FabISP Board, after soldering some questionable connections, Oceane was awesome and lent me her programmer! It ended up going smoothly up until I attempted to flash the .hex file. The terminal did not recognize my FabISP. I also tried this on the CBA shop computer, but still no go. I got a solid red light, and did the following:

Connect your board to a programmer via 6 pin header, plug the USB of your board into the computer

Download the Firmware

Unzip the file to the desktop. I renamed the desktop folder to - Programmer -

In the Terminal run the line: cd ~/desktop/Programmer to make sure you are in the firmware directory (“cd” means change directory)

Run the line: make

Run the line: make flash (this gave me an error code on two OS)

Blow the reset pin
Here is my attempt with Oceane's board

For the Hello World Board:

I read the data sheet find out my Pin numbers. For LED it was pin 6, for the Button, pin 10. I followed Abhinavs tutorial.

Connected the Boards: Programmer: USB > Dock >USB-C Hello World Board: FTDI > Dock> USB-C

In the Arduino IDE, go to Tool> Burn Bootloader to allow your board to receive the upload.

I used a variation of Abhinavs code above, but replaced the Pin numbers with the appropriate pins

Upload the code! Mine was uploaded succesfully, but the light did not turn on. Bummer!!