3.1 Terminal Mode Commands

The following commands are implemented:

dump memtype [start_addr [nbytes]]

Read nbytes from the specified memory area, and display them in the usual hexadecimal and ASCII form.

dump memtype [start_addr] …

Start reading from start_addr, all the way to the last memory address.

dump memtype

Continue dumping the memory contents for another nbytes where the previous dump command left off.

write memtype start_addr data1 data2 … dataN

Manually program the respective memory cells, starting at address start_addr, using the values data1 through dataN. This feature is not implemented for bank-addressed memories such as the flash memory of ATMega devices.

Items dataN can have the following formats:

Type	Example	Size (bytes)
Character	'A'	1
Decimal integer	12345	1, 2, 4, or 8 (see below)
Octal integer	012345	1, 2, 4, or 8 (see below)
Hexadecimal integer	0x12345	1, 2, 4, or 8 (see below)
Float	3.1415926	4

Integer constants can be 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes long. By default, the smallest possible size will be used where the specified number just fits into. A specific size can be denoted by appending one of these suffixes:

LL

ll

8 bytes / 64 bits

L

l

4 bytes / 32 bits

H

h

S

s

2 bytes / 16 bits

HH

hh

1 byte / 8 bits

Similarly, floating-point constants can have an F or f appended, but only 32-bit floating-point values are supported.

write memtype start_addr length data1 data2 dataN …

Similar to the above, but length byte of the memory are written. For that purpose, after writing the initial items, dataN is replicated as many times as needed.

erase

Perform a chip erase.

send b1 b2 b3 b4

Send raw instruction codes to the AVR device. If you need access to a feature of an AVR part that is not directly supported by AVRDUDE, this command allows you to use it, even though AVRDUDE does not implement the command. When using direct SPI mode, up to 3 bytes can be omitted.

sig

Display the device signature bytes.

spi

Enter direct SPI mode. The pgmled pin acts as slave select. Only supported on parallel bitbang programmers, and partially by USBtiny. Slave Select must be externally held low for direct SPI when using USBtinyISP, and send must be a multiple of four bytes.

part

Display the current part settings and parameters. Includes chip specific information including all memory types supported by the device, read/write timing, etc.

pgm

Return to programming mode (from direct SPI mode).

verbose [level]

Change (when level is provided), or display the verbosity level. The initial verbosity level is controlled by the number of -v options given on the command line.

?

help

Give a short on-line summary of the available commands.

quit

Leave terminal mode and thus AVRDUDE.

In addition, the following commands are supported on the STK500 and STK600 programmer:

vtarg voltage

Set the target’s supply voltage to voltage Volts.

varef [channel] voltage

Set the adjustable voltage source to voltage Volts. This voltage is normally used to drive the target’s Aref input on the STK500 and STK600. The STK600 offers two reference voltages, which can be selected by the optional parameter channel (either 0 or 1).

fosc freq[M|k]

Set the master oscillator to freq Hz. An optional trailing letter M multiplies by 1E6, a trailing letter k by 1E3.

fosc off

Turn the master oscillator off.

sck period

STK500 and STK600 only: Set the SCK clock period to period microseconds.

JTAG ICE only: Set the JTAG ICE bit clock period to period microseconds. Note that unlike STK500 settings, this setting will be reverted to its default value (approximately 1 microsecond) when the programming software signs off from the JTAG ICE. This parameter can also be used on the JTAG ICE mkII/3 to specify the ISP clock period when operating the ICE in ISP mode.

parms

STK500 and STK600 only: Display the current voltage and master oscillator parameters.

JTAG ICE only: Display the current target supply voltage and JTAG bit clock rate/period.

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