Orangutan USB Programmer

Documentation and other information

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  Pololu Orangutan USB Programmer User’s Guide (Printable PDF)

  User’s guide for the Pololu Orangutan USB Programmer, including information about using AVR Studio and troubleshooting tips.
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  CP2102 USB-to-Serial Bridge Driver Installation (Printable PDF)

  CP2102 Drivers and installation instructions for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The CP2102 is used on the Pololu USB-to-Serial Adapter, the Orangutan USB Programmer, the USB 16-Servo Controller, and the Orangutan X2.

File downloads

• CP2102 drivers for Windows (4MB zip)

• CP2102 drivers for Mac OS X (723k dmg)

• Firmware update version 1.4 for the Orangutan USB Programmer revision PGM02B (47k pgm)

  This version fixes a bug where the programming lines could be left driven high if the programming process failed. Please see section 8 of the user’s guide for firmware update instructions.

• Sample AVR Studio 4 project to blink an LED (14k zip)

  This is a sample AVR Studio project that will blink an LED on an Orangutan, Orangutan LV-168, and Baby Orangutan.

• Pololu Orangutan USB Programmer guia de usuario (1MB pdf)

  A Spanish version of our Pololu Orangutan USB Programmer’s user’s guide provided by customer Jaume B.

Recommended links

• WinAVR

  A free, open-source suite of development tools for the AVR family of microcontrollers, including the GNU GCC compiler for C/C++.

• AVR Studio 4

  The older version of Atmel’s free integrated development environment (IDE) for AVRs, which is no longer supported by Atmel.

• AVR Libc Home Page

  The web site for AVR Libc, which is the standard library of functions that you can use with C and C++ on the AVR.

• GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection

  Documentation for GCC, including the AVR GCC C/C++ compilers.

• Pololu Robotics Forum

  Pololu Robotics and Electronics forum — get technical support, share your project, or just drop in to say hi.

• AVR Freaks

  AVR community with forums, projects, and AVR news.

• Orangutan-lib

  An open-source C library for the Orangutan family of robot controllers. Note: this library was not created by and is not maintained by Pololu; it contains only limited support for the Orangutan X2 and does not directly support the Orangutan SV-168, Orangutan LV-168, or Baby Orangutan B revision.

• Tutorial: AVR Programming on the Mac

  Customer Michael Shimniok has written a guide to programming AVRs (the Orangutan LV-168, specifically) using the Mac.