Don’t panic…by default,you can’t find such an option in the Arduino IDE. There is a simple trick that you should use if you want to work with your AVR USBasp programmer. Using the trick you can use ...

Third, Kepler, you usually write the code in another IDE and compile it using avr-gcc (I think), but to get a .hex from arduino: 1.) Make sure that you’ve set the board (Tools -> Board) to ...

Evidence of a larger push for simple, instant flashing to microcontrollers without an installed IDE can also be found in the Tessel, a Wi-Fi-enabled board that has made twice its crowdfunding goal ...

At the heart of the Arduino platform is an AVR microcontroller, in usual way you need a special hardware programmer and suitable hex files to program the Atmel AVR chip. Fortunately, Arduino is a ...

It is possible to use an Arduino for High Voltage Parallel Programming to recover your AVR, but that’s another hack in itself. We use an AVR Dragon for pretty much everything.