Arduino as ISP 

Simply brilliant - nothing is missing and everything is explained straight forward.

Amazing channel. Absolutely love it. Thank you. You told me exactly what I needed to do and you weren't condescending.

Thank you. I've been searching for about an hour and this is the only tutorial that actually tells you how to program an AVR using the Arduino. All the other tutorials tell you to download the AVR toolchain.

For reference, pins 13,12,11 are SCK, MISO and MOSI from the Uno's SPI interface.

Thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial ! For those who have an error message when bootloading like :"protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x14...". You can try to put a 10uf capacitor or more if you don't have beetween the reset of the arduino (the second socket after the 5v output socket of the arduino) and the ground of the breadboard. So the positive leg on the reset socket and the negative leg on the ground of the breadboard. It worked for me !

The best explanation I"ve found so far. Thanks for sharing this video. It's simple, clear and extremely useful. Greetings, Plinio F.

Very useful video. Clear and concise.

Great job explaining things clearly. Thank you!

Thanks for the extra info about power... that was really useful.

Love this video... Great explanation.. Cool and calm and confident voice. Keep up the good work.

Thank you very much. Very detailed and good audio. Which is rare for these kinda of videos lol. But thanks, helped me solve a huge problem.

Great video!!!! you explained all from wiring, coding, bootloading, and programming. Thank you, you helped me so much!!!

thank you so much sir. it comes very helpful to me. I managed evertyhing you explained in your video. you gave me a gift that i don't need avr programmer . below error codes commented by others (which i faced exaclty the same ) can be solved with power arranged through arduino (isp) board up to your breadboard or if you want to use separate power externally then bridge minus of it to arduino minus(ground).

Nice and clear explanation. Thanks!

I built a programming header into my project planning to do most of the work with the thing intact, i didn't know that there even was an "Upload using programmer" option that came up when you held shift. I always figured that just by flashing the arduino as ISP code it and selecting it the program would do it automatically, thank you for this video it is an amazing resource.

Hello, thanks for the fantastic video- very useful. I have a couple of questions: Firstly, when you burn the boot-loader using this method, will the boot-loader burn to BOTH the AVR on the Uno board AND the AVR on the breadboard or just the breadboard. Secondly, when you download a sketch using the 'Upload using Programmer' setting, does this download to the Uno and the Breadboard or just the breadboard. My concern is that the LEDs on the Uno AND the Breadboard were both flashing when you downloaded the sketch. Thanks, Jamie B.

Excellent and clear tutorial.

Thank you very much that Shift key trick helps me soo much, earlyier I cant uplode any code to the cip now it is working like a charm. Thanks again.

First satisfactory video on this topic

Thanks for the videos I've benn looking for that tutorial for so long !

I have a question. Thanks for the great video. I used this circuit to create an ATmega328p programmer UNO shield (with ZIF socket) like many you can find online. I just started burning bootloaders to multiple chips and I'm wondering if it is safe to add/remove the ATmega chips while power is still being applied. I noticed that the power LED flickers on the Arduino UNO when I'm doing this. Doesn't feel safe. EDIT: If it isn't safe, I think a pushbutton under the ZIF's lockdown arm might be a neat solution to only power it when a chip is in

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.

Great videos. Thanks for sharing all the info

Best tutorial Ive ever watched.

Thanks! Good luck with your project.

A question if you bring the arduino uno to dfu mode the circuit is gonna be to? Because I have a Chinese arduino board ho doesn't have the dfu pin on it and I will like to bring it to dfu mode so I can turn it into a joystick with unojoy library... Any help would be appreciated.

please tell me where to get these jumper wires. I own a few of them and like them much more than these cheap everywhere to get jumper wires with angular grips, but I can't find out where I got these round grip connectors you are using nor where I can get new ones. Thx for answers

It show an error when I try to burn the boot loader. Like :Doublecheck the cheap ,or use -F to ovewrite this check.

Does this process eliminate the booting time and make it instant? I want my sketch run the second the arduino is powered up.

thanks dude, your video is very helpful!!

hi there, have a question regarding the wires you are using (blue purple green) can you provide me what they are called? i did buy a spool while ago, and it was flexible, and i really need the robust ones that can be used in a pcb prototype (i hope i'm making sens here)

wow great video. You explained it very well! thanks for sharing your videos!!

Hi, I keep getting error messages: (not in sync, reps= 0x03), but my hardware setup it the same as yours. Did you made any changes to the avr files? Before this, I tried programming an AT89S52, and when I tried to upload the bootreader, it gave me a syncing warning as well. So I guess I had to do something to my Arduino software before hand, so it would sync with the chip, but I have no clue what.

can we use all the analog and input output pins in the new arduino and can we use the sensor on it like the ultra sonic sensor

when programing a microcontroller using arduino, is the circuit (on the breadboard) needed? Can i just power the microcontroller and then program it using arduino (without the circuit) and then put it in the cicuit(the one on the breadboard) once it has been programmed

One other note. When I load the ArduinoISP sketch, I noticed the 'programmer' selection on the tools dropdown menu is set at AVR ISP, ie 'programmer: AVR ISP'. I noticed in your video is just says 'programmer' with no colon and suffix like AVR ISP or AVRISP mkii, etc. Don't know if this has any significance but wanted to pass it along. Thanks for any help.

Nice tutorial David👍

hello sir if I want to upload hex file( which is produced by atmel studio) to the AVR chip from arduino. so how can i do it

Hi Elmerato Glad the tutorial helped! The only downside to this is if you want your final project to be re-programmable via ISP, you have to be careful how you use pins 17,18,19 for other I/O functions as it may disrupt the program upload process. I usually dedicate those pins to ISP functions in my circuits to be safe. The benefits come from being able to update the program in your project without taking anything apart. Also, since the bootloader is gone, you have more space for programs.

please ask, with the circuit as in the video, can I flesh atmega 328p?

can u tell me how to shrink my arduino projects like using attiny45/85 and others...are they capable of doing all the function that are done by arduino??

HELP i et this error avrdude: stk500_disable(): unknown response=0x12 when try to flash a bootloader onto a mightboard using a arduino dueminove as isp

been scrapping over the net for a LOOONNGGG time to get something that works. atlast! though the arduino ISP sketch might have been needing just a little editing.

Where can I find the code that you loaded to the microcontroller?

Good work and excellent explanation for this tutorial.

i have a problem with the arduino i can't upload anything and the led TX and RX in the arduino don't blink so what i must do ?

Is it possible to load a sketch onto 12F675 PIC using your method? Thanks in advance.

what do the RST pin do on both boards when programing?

Thanks for your videos, many of them were helping me a lot with my midi projects! thank you! I would like to ask you something... I design a custom board with an atmega32U4 for a midi controller project... I programed using an arduino as isp and avrdudess. It works good always, but now it doesn't work anymore, it doesn't recognize the atmega32u4. I checked all the wires a hundred of times and everything is ok... but the most weird thing it is that it was working fine and suddenly just stop working... do you have any idea of what could happening? Thanks

If I were using arduino uno as an ISP and uploading bootloader to a 328P AU (for Arduino Nano and not UNO, I get 2 Analog pins extra) I have to change the board type to nano after uploading the ISP sketch to UNO? My next question to you would be can I burn the code by holding the shift key to upload it to the chip ? I know how to wire it up and I have a DIP socket too. What I am trying to avoid is the usage of a FTDI to burn the code to the chip after the bootloader is burned in the way you demonstrated it.

hola espero puedas ayudarme, yo compre los " chip's " atmega328P-AU, atsam3x8e y atmega2560 (todos SMD) para usarlo en una placa diseñada por mi pero al querer cargar el bootloader con el atmega 328 (SMD en una placa hecha y ya soldado) tuve problemas y me manda error, lo hice con el atmega328 (dip) y me funciono perfecto, y la pregunta es, como puedo cargar el bootloader a este y a los otros micros antes de soldarlos o ya soldados?, obviamente deje los pines correspondientes para programarlo como un isp, pero no fue posible, puedes ayudarme con tu experiencia?, saludos!!

Sir I'm getting an error avrdude:stk500_getsync attempt 10 of 10 : not in sync : resp=0×03. Please reply

Would it be possible to use a similar method to erase Leonardo? Since it is bypassing the USB portion of the board? I forgot to include the keyboard.end in my program and can no longer re-upload through the USB ha ha ha ha (rookie mistake I know) lol

Nice video, well done.

If I already have HEX and EPP files, how can I program it in to MCU using arduino as programmer ? Thanks.

After 2 weeks attemting to solve the problem, key was in "shift + upload" Thanks man very good turorial

can it program other mcu targets, like atmel or microchips? have you tested? thanks

Hey just wondering, if I try to upload to a board that it is not listed, or upload to the wrong board but with the correct pinout, what will happen?

Thanks a lot. Very nice and clear tutorial. Keep it up!

Can use this process to upload atmega2560 chip, Arduino as isp by holding shift key

Does this require that the bootloader already be on your avr target?

The code on the microcontroller is just to flash the light or it do something else?

My esp8266 has a ch340g chip that none of my computers recognize. Can this be done using a Duemilanove or nano as the ISP, to upload sketches to the esp8266, bypassing it's ch340g chip? Could you please make a video showing how to do it.

Thanks a million times

Is it possible that this circuit on breadboard can run ultrasonic sensor and Bluetooth module as an Arduino UNO? Thanks

As show in your another video, you make a parmanent circuit. If we change the programe without removing IC, is it posible? Using "uplod as programer" methode ?

Amazing, thank you!

Thankyou very much for this tutorial, it was very helpfull for me, works perfect.

Great tutorial

Can i program any Atmel AVR chip using this method?

Really helpful tutorial, still relevant 2018.

Thanks. Glad it helped!

ı want to transmit my voice by using two arduino , two xbee rf module and ısd 1820 . İs it possible with ısd 1820. if it is possible how can ı do it

Very thorough. Fantastic

I tried the whole sequence but got the message below: "avrdude: Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F Double check chip, or use -F to override this check. Error while burning bootloader."

excellent all videos really very didactic I congratulate the world of the micro controller is fantastic I personally used the picaxe and arduino environment I like more the latter basically for two reasons The first is the concept of modular assembly hardware and the second is so abundant information

why doesnt ftdi upload work for me?

Thanks for the tutorial. Have a problem and wondered if you can help. On my breadboard circuit, when I add power via external battery the LED blinks as expected from a previously loaded program. Now when I hook up the wires from the Uno to the breadboard and the ground and voltage connections from the Uno, the LED blinks as expected with one exception. I have to disconnect the connection from pin 13 on the Uno to the breadboard pin 19 for the LED to blink. As soon as I connect the wire from 13 to 19, the LED stops blinking. I am getting a getsync error when trying to load a program to the breadboard circuit via the Uno. I am at a complete loss to resolve this. I've tried rebooting the Arduino software, the PC, reloading the ArduinoISP program onto the Uno, changed the USB cable, etc. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. I can email a picture or short video if it will help. Thanks so much.

Another excellent tutorial.

But on the Arduino website, we're told to remove the Arduino's own chip once the bootloader as been burnt

Even though I have this wired up exactly as you do, whenever I attempt to burn the bootloader, I get the error: stk500_getsync(). Has anybody else come across this?

could you make a video showing how to add more pins to our breadboard arduino?

This was a nice tutorial. Is there a schematic or diagram link for the wiring? I checked www.notesandvolts.com/2013/01/fun-with-arduino-arduino-as-isp.html and didn't quite see the wiring for the bootloader sketch. White to 1, Blue on 17, Orange to 18, Yellow to 19? from pins 10, 11, 12, 13 respectively? Thanks.

how do I burn a hex file into arduino using ubuntu? Only things I can find on google were very outdated, and I don't know unix so yea

I get this error message: Expected signature for ATmega328P is 1E 95 0F The print on the chip says ATmega328P -PU. I don't know what's going on.

i have an error compiling what should i do?

Very nice tutorial!!! :)

Great tutorial, thank you very much for sharing.

Hello sir, my greetings to you. Thank you for the project. Can you give me the a link of code for synth to work. Because in this tutorial you did not show us the code. Tq in advance

This is a really well done tutorial.

Thanks a lot, man!

Hi, I purchased ATmega328 U controller from the market , And i tried to boot load the controller using Arduino Uno board as ISP. But it failed, I tried several times. Connections are made as shown in your diag/video. I think the problem must be in ATmega 328 version or you may say the code U, its not the P as usual. So please can you help me in this How to bootload a ATmega 328 U using Aduino IDE(New version).

How can i use arduino as isp to program pic microcontroller??

Error while burning bootloader is occuring. I seek to program program on Arduino Nano on an ATMEGA8A.

Hi can I programming pic12f629 by arduino uno.... If can you make video about that

yeah just error message when trying to upload the bootloader program.

Sir please let me know how to burn bootloader in ATmega328 non P? Because when i am burning getting some error. PLEASE HELP ME.

Arduino: 1.8.5 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno" avrdude: Yikes! Invalid device signature. Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override this check. Error while burning bootloader. This report would have more information with "Show verbose output during compilation" option enabled in File -> Preferences. (help me)

Very useful!