Re: [Amforth-devel] Connection to host

[Mike B. <mi...@mj...>]

Many thanks, Erich and Andy, for your swift responses.

Very reassuring - makes much more sense. (Can I be the only one with this query? Maybe 
someone will add a few words to the AMForth documentation.)
Good to know that the SP12 method does work, and to see some options.

The serial comms method presumably kicks in once you have a running system with the 
requisite level & polarity match to RS232. (Presumably AMForth sets up the USART for 
that.)

Mike

> Yup ISP is it, there are a few options.
> 
> 1. As below.
> 2. Google Pony Programmer, and make up a parallel port to ISP adapter 
> from the schematic (Drive with avrdude)
> 3. If you have an arduino and the ver 18 IDE there is an AVRISP sketch 
> as part of the examples that can be used to convert the Arduino into an 
> AVRISP programmer.
> 4. Buy  puker Atmel AVRISP
> 
> One or other of the above are worth having. Even if you down tools on 
> Forth and later go for arduino having the above to burn bootloaders into 
> blank chips is great for your own projects. (Prototyped on an arduino)
> 
> Hope some of this helps.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Andy Kirby
>