USBasp tutorial: USBasp driver installation

Elecrom April 19, 2009; Updated On: September 5th, 2015 23

In this post we will see how to install windows driver for USBasp. Steps explained below are applicable for WindowsXP:

Download driver:

If you don’t have driver, windows drivers for USBasp can be downloaded from:
http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/usbasp.2009-02-28.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive into some directory.

Installing driver:

Step1:
Connect USBasp to USB port of your computer. New hardware found dialog box will appear.
-In this select ‘Install from a list or specific location’.
-Click ‘Next’.

Step2:
– Select ‘Don’t search …’
– Click Next

Step3:
– Click ‘Have Disk’

Step4:
‘Install from disk’ dialog box will appear.
– Click ‘Browse’

Step5:
Now browse for ‘usbasp.inf’ file. This fill will be located in : <extracted directory>binwin-driver.
– Browse and select the file and click ‘Open’.
– Click ‘OK’ to close the ‘Install from disk’ dialog box

Step6:
Now you should see ‘USBasp’ model list.
– Select ‘USBasp’ from model list.
– Click ‘Next’

then windows will install the given driver.

Now your USBasp is ready for use.

To know how to use AVRdude and USBasp for writing hex files into microcontroller see the following post :
AVRDude Tutorial : Burning hex files using USBasp and AVRdude

AVRDude Tutorial : Burning hex files on Atmel AVR using USBasp and AVRdude

100% Flash utilization !!

23 Comments

Mahesh
May 16, 2014 (1:30 pm) #

thanks, third method work for me, m using WIn7 64 Bit Ent endtion

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mahendra kumar
October 31, 2011 (10:46 pm) #

this method is not working for win xp ,32 bit

error : could not found usb device “usbasp” with vid=0x16c0 pid0x5dc

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Use of Programmer????
August 8, 2011 / 9:24 pm #
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February 27, 2011 / 11:48 pm #
Arjun Rai
February 12, 2011 (8:47 pm) #

thanks a lot Nandan…… worked for me in the first attempt only.

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nandan
January 24, 2011 (9:08 pm) #

there are 3 tested methods to install the usbasp driver for windows 7. one is using the driver signature enforcement override method, the other is directly editing the .inf file & the third one i have explained below. this worked for me when the first two failed…

follow these steps to install the usbasp drivers on windows 7 for both 64bit and 32 bit platform

1)download the zipped folder LibUSB-64bitfrom the following link

http://sites.google.com/site/openusbboard/file-cabinet

2)plug your USBasp programmer into the USB port

3)extract the file and browse to LibUSB-64bitlibusb-win32-bin-1.2.1.0binx86

4)run inf-wizard.exe

5)Inf-wizard will start, click Next

6)select the device ‘USBasp’ from the lsit of devices shown and click next

7)make sure these values are associated with the give parameters before proceeding

vendor ID (hex format) = 0x16C0
product ID (hex format) = 0x05DC
mi (hex format) = leave it blank
manufacturer name = VOTI
device name = USBasp

then click next

8)save the information file ‘.inf’ generated in

LibUSB-64bitlibusb-win32-bin-1.2.1.0binamd64
(for 64 bit users)

LibUSB-64bitlibusb-win32-bin-1.2.1.0binx86
(for 32 bit users)

9)click install now to install the driver

10)if a windows warning appears telling this driver is not verified , just click on ‘install this driver software anyway’

11)once the driver completes installation saying ‘installation successful’ click ok

thats it! you are good to go!

note – im using 64 bit edition of windows ultimate and this procedure worked for me when all the others failed. i have not tested this procedure for 32 bit systems though.

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- Truong Nguyen
  May 6, 2011 (9:40 pm) #
  
  Thanks, that worked for me
  
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- mihir
  January 7, 2012 (4:29 pm) #
  
  Worked for me too…. Thanks…
  Can I get your mail id??
  
  Reply
- syaiful
  January 29, 2012 (3:52 pm) #
  
  when i am on step “9”
  error installing driver :
  operation not supported or not implemented
  
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- Ashok
  July 15, 2012 (1:19 pm) #
  
  I had been searching this for weeks.
  I am Very much thankful to you for making it work.
  THANK YOU
  
  Reply
- Jason
  January 27, 2014 (10:10 am) #
  
  Thanks, Worked for me!
  
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shan
December 31, 2010 (6:17 pm) #

how to install drivers on kubuntu (linux)??

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amit
June 26, 2010 (3:45 pm) #

failed
the window does not recognize the usbasp

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W. van Wees
May 3, 2010 (10:41 pm) #

I’ve made a tutorial how you can get 64 support for usbasp:

http://www.van-wees.eu/english/usbasp.html

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thomas
November 23, 2009 (10:46 pm) #

The .cap files must be selfsigned, at least. (We have a selfsigned driver at our page: http://www.ulrichradig.de/home/index.php/avr/usb-avr-prog.) Then run Win Vistax64/ Win 7×64 in “testsigning-mode” by using bcdedit (-> readme.txt).

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James
November 19, 2009 (2:12 pm) #

Solution found.

It’s just driver signature issue on Vista 64.

I already said that it works fine on XP and linux, probably also on Vista 32 as reported (just ignore no signature there).

On Vista 64 Kernel is made in a way it by default need signed drivers from microsoft or other authority otherwise driver won’t install and won’t run on system.

The easy way is to connect device to an usb port when running vista 64 os, then install driver anyway, ignoring that have no signature, from disk (the ones you download as explained before), then triangle appears in device management. At this point you have tried to install driver but system will not use that piece of software cause have no signature !

This is a bit strange cause MS Vista 64 let you ignore this aspect during install, but then driver don’t work.

Solution:

Reboot Vista 64, during boot press a number of times F8 key, till a list will appear.

Select from bottom of the list “Disable Driver Signature Enforcement” or something like that and let system boot.

Then login and go to device management: you’ll see that once USBASP is connected the device don’t show anymore the yellow triangle and works as expected.

Run avrdude or extremeBurnerAVR to test if works (and now it will do without problems).

Trick of disable signature at boot with F8 options is good… but there are others, maybe better, I don’t know.

I read you can do the same in a session from command line with admin privileges or using management console.

Anyway, if are in a hurry use F8 option list and disable before system boot: all will work as espected.

regards
James

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- Elecrom
  November 21, 2009 (6:10 pm) #
  
  Thanks for sharing this info.
  
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James
November 19, 2009 (1:10 am) #

Hi there,
I tried all drivers I found, including the 64-bit one here on my Vista(64) and nothing works.

The silly thing is that when running linux on same machine (dual boot) I see programmer using lsusb and avrdude works as expected and so it’s not hardware issue but just software.

The drivers for Vista 64-bit are not good cause I get the yellow triangle on device management panel and so driver do not install good in any case.

I tested also my usbasp programmer on another PC with XP and works OK without any problem.

Until now I tested on XP, Ubuntu, Knoppix and a couple of other linux and all the times worked.

Problems there are in Vista (64bit) cause of drivers and USB ports usage by OS.

Just that, so someone please fix that thing.

btw I’m trying also to compile avrdude in 64-bit using gcc and cygwin (so far with no success cause I need libusb and have to install) but maybe someone will do faster than me. The trick is at usb drivers for 64bit and avrdude if use it.

regards
James

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JUAN DE DIOS
October 21, 2009 (7:52 am) #

hi, i can’t install this driver, because dont have digital firm, i installed perfectly in Virtual Machine windows XP,but its very boring
help me!!!
i am a student, i need it as soon as possible

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Daniel Garcia
August 17, 2009 (2:19 pm) #

I have the 64 bit drivers on my site http://www.protostack.com/index.php?main_page=library .

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hrishikesh pradhan
July 25, 2009 (2:01 am) #

hi ,
i have USBASP and a windows vista(64 bit) OS. i tried to use the drivers suggested by you.but they didnt work at all.so i found latest drivers on link: http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/ in the file usbasp.2009-02-28.zip. the installation of drivers was started with drivers but couldnt end properly due to lack of ‘digital sign’ on product(as appeared at the end of setup).can you help me with this problem?

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- elecrom
  July 25, 2009 (11:04 am) #
  
  Drivers provided by me were only for xp/vista 32bit.
  When you install new drivers on vista and if it points that drivers are not digitally signed, then simply accept that and force it to continue.
  
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  - hrishikesh pradhan
    July 25, 2009 (8:20 pm) #
    
    hi
    i have installed windows xp on my pc using microsoft virtual pc tool.but now the problem is the usb port of my pc is used by host operating system and not by guest OS ie. xp .due to this the usb programmer is not getting recognized on XP.can you help?
    
    regards
    hrishikesh
    
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