Drivers

Recent versions of the driver used (Prolific PL2303 USB to serial) have had some problems in versions of Windows newer than 7¹. Therefore one must use an older version to work around this issue.

• Version 2.0.2.8 (32-bit)
• Version 3.3.2.102 (64-bit)

Programming

Use WinAVR.

Communication

The COM port assigned tends to be random, favoring lower ports before higher ones. Inspection of the device manager will tell which one is the right one.

• Baud: 115200
• Data: 8
• Parity: none
• Stop: 1

Writing can be achieved through the Windows command prompt², Python (via pySerial), or Cygwin (using /dev/ttyS<COM number minus 1>, e.g. /dev/ttyS3 for COM4).