{"id":4757,"date":"2012-02-13T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:58","slug":"alternative-software-for-the-hv-rescue-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/alternative-software-for-the-hv-rescue-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative software for the HV Rescue Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis writes…<\/p>\n

I thought I’d share with other users of the HV Rescue shield<\/a> an enhanced Arduino script I have written, based on Jeff’s original software v212.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The new software retains the look and feel of the original, it can still be run in interactive and non interactive mode and starts by requesting the AVR family as before. The existing fuse settings are then printed along with the device signature and lock bits. After this the user is presented with a menu of functions.<\/p>\n

The E command allows the user to erase the AVR.<\/p>\n

The F command allows the fuses to be set as before. OK or fail will be printed depending on the success of the operation.<\/p>\n

The R command allows a block of the flash memory to be dumped to screen. The user has to input the required start address in hex.<\/p>\n

The P command is similar to the R command but operates on the EEPROM<\/p>\n

The W command performs a simple test of the flash by writing a small block of data to it and checking it programs correctly. The user has to input the required start address in hex, which must be the first byte of a page (see device datasheet for details about page size). The user can view the test pattern written by using the R command to read it back.<\/p>\n

The T command performs a similar test on the EEPROM but with a different shorter 4 byte pattern as EEPROM page sizes are smaller.<\/p>\n

…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dennis posted a link to his alternative software<\/a> in the HV Rescue Shield support forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Dennis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis writes… I thought I’d share with other users of the HV Rescue shield an enhanced Arduino script I have written, based on Jeff’s original software v212. … The new software retains the look and feel of the original, it can still be run in interactive and non interactive mode and starts by requesting the … Continue reading Alternative software for the HV Rescue Shield<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,10],"tags":[63,364,258,433],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","category-microcontrollers","tag-arduino","tag-hvrescue","tag-rescue-shield","tag-sketch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-1eJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2530,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/minor-updates-to-avr-hv-rescue-shield\/","url_meta":{"origin":4757,"position":0},"title":"Minor updates to the AVR HV Rescue Shield","author":"Jeff","date":"November 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This week there have been a couple minor updates to the AVR HV Rescue Shield: I just uploaded version 1.1 of the Arduino sketch, which fixes an issue with garbage being printed in the serial monitor between burn cycles.\u00a0 I also made some minor changes to try to reduce the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Kits"","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVR HV Rescue Shield with ATmega168 target ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-with-atmega2_scaled-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1419,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/introducing-the-avr-hv-rescue-shield\/","url_meta":{"origin":4757,"position":1},"title":"Introducing the AVR HV Rescue Shield","author":"Jeff","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This all started last year, when I was playing with an ATmega168 microcontroller and did something silly.\u00a0 I programmed the RSTDISBL fuse bit, which effectively makes it impossible to reflash the chip using an ordinary (serial) programmer. 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