An universal programming adapter for the Atmel STK500

You have an STK500 development board for the AVR controllers from Atmel?

And you want to use it with a newer AVR controller which is not supported by any of the 8 sockets on board?

And you do not own an STK505 extension board?

Welcome to my world until yesterday!

This is my first instructable which will describe how I helped myself yesterday. You might find an update on my blog as well...

Step 1: What you need

All you need to build yourself an adapter which will support all different kinds of controller pinouts for your ST500 is

- some piece of prototype pcb board
- some strip of female pin header connectors (single or double-row)
- a socket for the controller, preferably a zif socket
- solder wire and a soldering iron

I used a narrow 28-pin DIP zero-insertion-force socket, similar to the famous Textool brand, but labeled as TFXTDOL. For a 28-pin socket you will need two 28-pin long strips of the female header. For the connection to the ISP10PIN header on the STK500 you will need another two pieces of 5x2 contacts.

Comments

[amandaghassaei]

I love how the connections can be changed to fit many types of chips. Great idea!