5. Getting Started in Mac OS X

The Pololu USB AVR Programmer can be used to program AVR microcontrollers, using Mac OS X as the development environment.

The USB AVR Programmer by default supports Windows and Linux as development platforms. A firmware modification is required to support OS X. The next section explains how to download and apply this modification.

Note: The modified firmware for OS X only allows programming of AVRs; it does not support the bonus features of the programmer (theTTL-level serial port and the SLO-scope).