
Everything failed, including the previously successful approach of specifying the driver location. With Win 7, I followed the same procedure as described for XP above. The installation was successful this time.
#AVRISP MKII DRIVER WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#
In the 1.02 version of the Arduino software distribution, they reside at arduino-1.0.2\hardware\tools\avr\utils, but I just pointed the install dialog at the Arduino folder and made sure that the search-subfolders box was checked. I then repeated the installation process, but this time took the option to specify the location of the drivers.

That was expected and OK, according to my research. I took the default route of 'allow(ing) Windows to locate drivers.' It whirred for awhile and ultimately failed to install. When I plugged the programmer into the XP machine's USB port, the usual installation dialog popped up. In both cases, I deliberately took the path of least resistance, trying the laziest, most-obvious approach and fixing issues as they cropped up. If you do install the Atmel software, you will still need to install the AVRISP mkII drivers for Arduino, since the Arduino IDE uses a different method (AVRDUDE) to communicate with the programmer.įor the purposes of this note, I installed the programmer onto two PCs: one running Windows XP, the other Windows 7.If you're going to use the device exclusively with Arduino, you do not need to install the Atmel development software.The AVRISP mkII costs about the same as an Arduino board, $37.50 from most Atmel distributors at the time this was written.
#AVRISP MKII DRIVER WINDOWS 7 SERIAL#
This note will offer a few hints and tips for getting started with the AVRISP mkII with Arduino, since this is different from using it with Atmel's development software.Īrduino-compatible serial OLED: $39 at seetron.


Using Arduino's built-in serial bootloader to upload and run programs is convenient, but a dedicated programming device like the AVRISP mkII can:
