AVR-Chat

AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been lurking for a while and have a question.
> 
> I have bought a STK500 and wish to program it/monitor it with my
> laptop. Only problem is that the laptop only has USB ports. I've
> looked on the group to find mention of USB>parallel or
> serial, but there does not seem to be any definitive answer as to
> which ones work. 
> 

I have found that all USB to serial converters (that I've tried, and
I've tried lots) DO work with device programmers, and all USB to
parallel converters do NOT work with device programmers.

I think this is because devices which use the parallel port tend to do
odd things with it, which are not implemented in the converters.
-- 
Tim Mitchell
tim@sabretechnology.co.uk
http://www.sabretechnology.co.uk

This is the information I wanted. Thanks to all.

Tim Mitchell wrote:

> AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've been lurking for a while and have a question.
>>
>>I have bought a STK500 and wish to program it/monitor it with my
>>laptop. Only problem is that the laptop only has USB ports. I've
>>looked on the group to find mention of USB>parallel or
>>serial, but there does not seem to be any definitive answer as to
>>which ones work. 
>>
> 
> 
> I have found that all USB to serial converters (that I've tried, and
> I've tried lots) DO work with device programmers, and all USB to
> parallel converters do NOT work with device programmers.
> 
> I think this is because devices which use the parallel port tend to do
> odd things with it, which are not implemented in the converters.