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|| '''VISUAL CUE'''
|| '''NARRATION'''
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||  Slide 1:

Welcome slide
|| Welcome to the spoken tutorial on '''Installation of LDmicro on Windows.'''
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|| Slide 2: 
Learning Objectives

|| In this tutorial, we will see how to install,
* '''LDmicro'''
* '''AVRDUDE'''
* '''Drivers''' for '''USBasp programmer'''
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|| Slide 3:

System Requirements
|| To record this tutorial I am using:
* '''Windows 8''' operating system
* '''USBasp programmer'''

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|| Now, we’ll see how to install '''LDmicro.'''
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|| OpenPLC website

|| To download the '''installation files,''' open a '''web browser''' of your choice.

Make sure you have an active '''internet connection'''.

Go to the '''website''' [https://openplc.fossee.in/ https://openplc.fossee.in]
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|| OpenPLC website
|| In the top '''menu bar''', click on '''Downloads''' tab.
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|| OpenPLC website

|| Here we will find a '''link''' to download '''LDmicro installation files''' for '''Windows'''.
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|| Click LDmicro for Windows
|| Click on '''‘LDmicro for Windows’ link'''.
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|| Point .exe file
|| In the '''Downloads '''folder, downloaded '''.exe file''' is available.
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|| Double-click on the .exe file
|| Double-click on the '''.exe file.'''

We will get a warning message as:

'''‘Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting’'''.
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|| Click ‘More info’ >> Click ‘Run anyway’
|| Click on '''‘More info’.'''

Then, click on '''‘Run anyway’ '''button.
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|| This will open the '''LDmicro-Program Editor''' window.

Thus, we’ve successfully installed '''LDmicro'''.

Close the window.
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|| Next, we’ll see how to '''install AVRDUDE'''.
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|| Slide 4:

What is AVRDUDE?
|| What is '''AVRDUDE'''?

'''AVRDUDE '''stands for '''AVR Downloader Uploader'''.

It is a tool for downloading or uploading the on-'''chip memories''' of '''AVR microcontrollers'''.
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|| Now we will see the '''installation''' of '''AVRDUDE.'''
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|| Switch back to the '''browser'''.
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|| Point Windows row

Point ‘WinAVR (avrdude)’ link
|| In the''' Downloads''' page, in''' Windows''' row, click on '''WinAVR (avrdude).'''
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|| Click WinAVR (avrdude)
|| It will redirect to '''sourceforge.net website'''. 
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|| Click on ‘Files’
|| Click on the ‘'''Files'''’ tab.
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|| Click ‘WinAVR’
|| Click on ‘'''WinAVR'''’ folder.

We can see a list of folders for different versions of '''AVRDUDE.'''
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|| Click ‘20100110’
|| Click on the first folder available in the list, which indicates the latest version.

In my case, it is '''‘20100110‘'''. 
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|| Click WinAVR-20100110-install.exe

|| Then, click on '''WinAVR-20100110-install.exe.'''

This will download the '''executable file''' for '''AVRDUDE.'''

It will take some time to download the '''file'''.
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|| Point .exe file
|| In the '''Downloads''' folder, the downloaded '''.exe file''' is available
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|| Right click on the '''.exe file'''. 

Click on ‘Run as administrator’
|| Right click on it and select ‘'''Run as Administrator'''’.
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|| Click ‘Yes’
|| A window will pop-up asking permission to '''install'''.

Click on ‘'''Yes'''’ button.
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|| Select ‘English’ >> Click ‘OK’ >> Click ‘Next’ >> Click ‘I Agree’
|| Then another window pops up asking to select a language.

Select '''English''' and then click ‘'''OK'''’ button.

Click ‘'''Next'''’ in the '''Setup Wizard''' window.

Click ‘'''I agree'''’ in the '''License Agreement''' window.
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|| Browse the location
|| Browse to the location where you would want to '''install''' the '''software'''.

I’ll install it on '''Desktop'''.
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|| Click ‘Next’ >> Click ‘Install’
|| Click on ‘'''Next'''’ button.

Click on ‘'''Install'''’ button.
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|| Click ‘Finish’
|| It will take some time to '''install''' the '''software'''

After completion, click on ‘'''Finish'''’ button.
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|| Open Windows search
|| To make sure it is installed, open '''command prompt''' using '''Windows search.'''
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|| Type '''‘avrdude'''’

Point the version number
|| Type ‘'''avrdude'''’ and press '''ENTER.'''

We can see the version of''' AVRDUDE installed''' on the machine.
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|| Next, we will see about '''USBasp programmer.'''
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|| Slide 5:

(picture of USBasp programmer, '''USBasp_Programmer.jpg''')
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This is a picture of a '''USBasp programmer'''.
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|| Slide 6:

Why USBasp drivers?
|| Why '''USBasp drivers'''?
*A '''USBasp programmer''' is used to '''program''' the '''controller''' on '''OpenPLC Mainboard'''.
* '''AVRDUDE''' will not recognize the '''USBasp''', if '''drivers''' are not '''installed'''.

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|| Now, we’ll see how to install the '''USBasp driver'''.
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|| Switch back to the '''browser'''.
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|| I’m using '''Windows 8 OS''' to do the '''installation'''.

The procedure is the same for '''Windows 10 '''also.
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|| First, we need to download the '''installation files.'''
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|| Click ‘USBasp drivers’ link

Text box: These installation files are for both Windows 8 and Windows 10

|| In the '''Windows''' row, click on ‘'''USBasp drivers’ link''' to download them.
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|| Point the .zip file
|| In the '''Downloads''' folder, we can see a '''.zip file''' of '''USBasp drivers'''.
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|| Right click >> Click ‘Extract All’
|| Right click on it and select ‘'''Extract All'''’.
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|| Click ‘Extract’
|| Browse to the location where you want to extract and click ‘'''Extract'''’.

I’ll extract to the '''Downloads''' folder.
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|| Connect the '''USBasp programmer''' to one of the '''USB ports''' of your PC.
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|| Open Windows search
|| Now, open '''Windows search'''.
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|| Type ‘Device Manager’ 

Press ENTER
|| Search for ‘'''Device Manager'''’.

In '''Windows 8''', we can find '''‘Device Manager’''' under '''Settings '''

Click on '''Device Manager.'''
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|| Click ‘Other Devices’

Point ‘USBasp’
|| Click on ‘'''Other devices'''’.

We can see ‘'''USBasp'''’.
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|| Point yellow sign
|| The yellow sign near '''USBasp''' indicates that it’s not connected.
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|| Right click on ‘USBasp’ >> Click ‘Update Driver Software’
|| Right click on it and select ‘'''Update Driver Software'''’.
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|| A window will pop up with ‘'''How do you want to search for driver software?’'''.
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|| Click ‘Browse my computer for driver software’
|| Click ‘'''Browse my computer for driver software'''’.
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|| Browse to the location

Click ‘Install’
|| Browse to the location where you have extracted the ‘'''USBasp drivers'''’ folder.

I’ll change to '''Downloads.'''

Click on '''Next''' button.
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|| Point the message
|| But, we can see a message as:

‘'''Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device’'''.
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|| This is because there is a '''driver''' restriction for '''non-digitally signed drivers.'''

Only '''digitally signed drivers''' are allowed in '''Windows 8''' and '''Windows 10'''

Therefore we have to disable the '''signature checking'''.
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|| Press SHIFT and Restart 
|| To do that, hold the '''Shift''' key and '''restart''' the computer.

The computer will restart with some clicking options on the screen.
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|| Click ‘troubleshoot’
|| Click on ‘'''Troubleshoot'''’ option.
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|| Click ‘Advanced Options’

Click ‘Startup Settings’

|| Then click on ‘'''Advanced Options'''’.

Click on ‘'''Startup Settings'''’.

On '''Windows 10''', it might be on a second page, after "'''Show more settings'''".
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|| Highlight the options
|| A new window opens with the message:

‘'''after restart you will be able to change some windows options'''’.
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|| Click ‘Restart’
|| Now simply click on the '''Restart''' button.

When the computer '''reboots''' it will show some options on the screen.
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|| Press 7
|| Press '''7''' in the keyboard to select option 7, i.e. ‘'''Disable driver signature enforcement'''’.
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|| After that, the computer will start '''Windows''' normally but now with '''disabled driver signature detection'''.
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|| Now again go to the ‘'''Device manager'''’ and try '''installing''' the '''driver''' as before.
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|| We’ll get a warning that says ‘'''Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software’'''.
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|| Click ‘Install this driver software anyway’
|| Ignore it, and click on ‘'''Install this driver software anyway'''’.
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|| We can see a message ‘'''Windows has successfully updated your driver software’.'''

Click on the '''Close''' button.
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|| Point ‘USBasp’ in ‘Other devices’
|| Now we can observe that the yellow sign at '''USBasp''' is not there.

Thus, '''USBasp drivers''' are successfully '''installed''' and working.
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|| This brings us to the end of this tutorial. 

Let us summarize.
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|| Slide 7: Summary

We learnt to install
*LDmicro
*AVRDUDE
*Drivers for USBasp programmer

|| In this tutorial, we learnt how to install
*'''LDmicro'''
*'''AVRDUDE'''
*'''drivers''' for '''USBasp programmer'''
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About Spoken Tutorial project
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|| Slide 10:

Forum for specific questions:
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|| Slide 11:

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Please visit the FOSSEE forum and post your question.
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|| Slide 12:

Acknowledgment
|| Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by MHRD, Government of India.
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|| Slide 13:

Thank you slide
|| This tutorial has been contributed by FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay.

And this is Harsha Priyanka from FOSSEE team, signing off.

Thanks for watching.
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