[dorkbotpdx-blabber] avrdude ... I'm so afraid to mess up, my fuses

[Jim Larson]

Programming the AVR fuses with avrdude is really easy. I've done it 
several times and it works reliably. Would you like an example or two 
from a makefile?       -- jim
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> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:41:11 -0700
> From: Ward Cunningham <ward at c2.com>
> Subject: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] avrdude ... I'm so afraid to mess up my
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> Friends -- I see in the avrdude documentation that it reads the fuse  
> bits three times to make sure you haven't messed them us. Messing up  
> the fuse bits is the fastest way I know to ruin your afternoon. I've  
> learned to be extremely cautious with fuse bits using the reasonably  
> friendly atmel tools. I'm now trying to switch to avrdude on the mac.  
> I love that I can write a shell script to load my cybords. But I can't  
> figure out how to burn fuses without wasting parts. Any suggestions?  
> I'm trying to make long term phase measurements of the ac line. I'd  
> like to run my tiny45s off of a more stable clock. That means  
> programming fuses. I'm so afraid. Help. -- Ward
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