How to program Itead Rboard ? ISP ? FOCA ?

[DirkB19]

Newbie Q, I guess ...

So I am the proud owner of a nice Itead Rboard (4 relays).
Other members here on the forum seem to got it working.

As I have an old AVRISP MKII lying around, I thought I could just hook it up, select AVRIPS MK II programmer in ARDUINO IDE and go, but that seemed to good to be true
On the AVRISP both LED's are green (on Rboard side and on USB side) but I don't know what's wrong.
ARDUINO IDE seems to be looking for a com port which is not available with the AVRISP connected.

So, do I need to purchase the FOCA ?
Hopefully somebody can explain step-by-step instructions ?

Thx,
DirkB

[JCLB]

@dirkb19
Use Arduino 1.6.13 and not 1.8, it's a problem related to fuses with clones...

You need to program with another arduino nano (or other) as ISP

Then use the following:

Duemilanove > 328P
arduino as ISP
plug the 7-19v Vin on the rboard

You may also have to burn the bootloader
And maybe need to press manually reset button on rboard, personally i don't need to.

I've been struggling for a while with this board.