Atprogram Utility User Guide

During the Atmel Studio installation, a shortcut called Atmel Studio xx (xx is the Atmel Studio version number) Command Prompt is created in the Atmel folder on the Start menu, as shown in the figure below. The users can run the atprogram.exe directly by clicking the shortcut or calling the atprogram from other applications to perform the device programming function, but unfortunately, we haven't a standalone installer for the "atprogram.exe" and the users must, therefore, install Atmel Studio first before using it.

With atprogram.exe, it can be used to:

In the later sections, the command usage of the atprogram utility is introduced, including commands of chip erasing, image file programming, and fuse lockbit set. To know more about atprogram utility, type the command: atprogram --help.