mdloader VS lufa

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mdloader

Massdrop Firmware Loader - for CTRL / ALT / SHIFT / Rocketeer keyboards (by Massdrop)
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lufa

LUFA - the Lightweight USB Framework for AVRs. (by abcminiuser)
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0.0 3.1
about 1 year ago 22 days ago
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mdloader

Posts with mentions or reviews of mdloader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-12.
  • QMK can't flash my keyboard
    2 projects | /r/olkb | 12 Apr 2023
    * QMK Toolbox 0.2.2 (https://qmk.fm/toolbox)* Supported bootloaders:* - ARM DFU (APM32, Kiibohd, STM32, STM32duino) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/)* - Atmel/LUFA/QMK DFU via dfu-programmer (http://dfu-programmer.github.io/)* - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader)* - BootloadHID (Atmel, PS2AVRGB) via bootloadHID (https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/bootloadhid.html)* - Caterina (Arduino, Pro Micro) via avrdude (http://nongnu.org/avrdude/)* - HalfKay (Teensy, Ergodox EZ) via Teensy Loader (https://pjrc.com/teensy/loader_cli.html)* - LUFA/QMK HID via hid_bootloader_cli (https://github.com/abcminiuser/lufa)* - LUFA Mass Storage* Supported ISP flashers:* - AVRISP (Arduino ISP)* - USBasp (AVR ISP)* - USBTiny (AVR Pocket)* Auto-flash enabled* Auto-flash disabled* Auto-flash enabledUSB device disconnected (CH341SER_A64): wch.cn USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM15) (1A86:7523:0264)USB device connected (CH341SER_A64): wch.cn USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM15) (1A86:7523:0264)
  • QMK Toolbox flash fails on YMD 09 Macro pad
    2 projects | /r/qmk | 8 Jan 2023
    * - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader)
  • Drop Ctrl RGB Software not working.
    1 project | /r/MechanicalKeyboards | 24 Apr 2022
    They have a newer release that has a integrated applet file, iirc. Are you using this version? https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader/releases/tag/1.0.6
  • Enable SmartEEPROM on Drop Alt
    2 projects | /r/MechanicalKeyboards | 5 Jan 2022
  • Flashing DZ60 rev3 using QML Toolbox
    2 projects | /r/MechanicalKeyboards | 20 Oct 2021
    *** QMK Toolbox 0.1.1 (https://qmk.fm/toolbox) Supported bootloaders: - ARM DFU (APM32, Kiibohd, STM32, STM32duino) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/) - Atmel/LUFA/QMK DFU via dfu-programmer (http://dfu-programmer.github.io/) - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader) - BootloadHID (Atmel, PS2AVRGB) via bootloadHID (https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/bootloadhid.html) - Caterina (Arduino, Pro Micro) via avrdude (http://nongnu.org/avrdude/) - HalfKay (Teensy, Ergodox EZ) via Teensy Loader (https://pjrc.com/teensy/loader_cli.html) - LUFA Mass Storage Supported ISP flashers: - AVRISP (Arduino ISP) - USBasp (AVR ISP) - USBTiny (AVR Pocket) *** Atmel DFU device connected (libusb0): Atmel Corp. ATmega32U4 (03EB:2FF4:0000) *** Attempting to flash, please don't remove device >>> dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 erase --force Erasing flash... Success Checking memory from 0x0 to 0x6FFF... Empty. >>> dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 flash --force "C:\Users\****\Downloads\dz60_dz60_layout_mine (3).hex" 0% 100% Programming 0x5880 bytes... >>> dfu-programmer.exe atmega32u4 reset [>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>] Success 0% 100% Reading 0x7000 bytes... [>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>] Success Validating... Success 0x5880 bytes written into 0x7000 bytes memory (79.02%). *** Atmel DFU device disconnected (libusb0): Atmel Corp. ATmega32U4 (03EB:2FF4:0000)
  • I bought a Drop Alt and I can’t customize lighting please help
    1 project | /r/MechanicalKeyboards | 8 Jul 2021
    looks good to me. windows even marked them as binary file. They are not made for you to open them, but upload in special program (mdloader i guess). Just read unstructions from here https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader
  • [Troubleshooting] QMK Toolbox not recognizing Pro Micro
    2 projects | /r/olkb | 14 Mar 2021
    *** QMK Toolbox 0.0.21 (https://qmk.fm/toolbox) Supported bootloaders: - Atmel/LUFA/QMK DFU via dfu-programmer (http://dfu-programmer.github.io/) - Caterina (Arduino, Pro Micro) via avrdude (http://nongnu.org/avrdude/) - Halfkay (Teensy, Ergodox EZ) via Teensy Loader (https://pjrc.com/teensy/loader_cli.html) - ARM DFU (STM32, APM32, Kiibohd, STM32duino) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/) - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader) - BootloadHID (Atmel, PS2AVRGB) via bootloadHID (https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/bootloadhid.html) Supported ISP flashers: - USBTiny (AVR Pocket) - AVRISP (Arduino ISP) - USBasp (AVR ISP) ! There are no devices available
  • Configure Drop Carina using a MAC
    1 project | /r/MechanicalKeyboards | 10 Mar 2021
    Ok, I found something that I'll try: https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader/releases
  • Help, can't seem to flash my Lily58
    2 projects | /r/olkb | 21 Feb 2021
    - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader)
  • Drop ALT error could not find valid port
    1 project | /r/Massdrop | 6 Jan 2021
    This one worked for me: https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader/releases (just replace the mdloader and applet files)

lufa

Posts with mentions or reviews of lufa. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-12.
  • QMK can't flash my keyboard
    2 projects | /r/olkb | 12 Apr 2023
    * QMK Toolbox 0.2.2 (https://qmk.fm/toolbox)* Supported bootloaders:* - ARM DFU (APM32, Kiibohd, STM32, STM32duino) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/)* - Atmel/LUFA/QMK DFU via dfu-programmer (http://dfu-programmer.github.io/)* - Atmel SAM-BA (Massdrop) via Massdrop Loader (https://github.com/massdrop/mdloader)* - BootloadHID (Atmel, PS2AVRGB) via bootloadHID (https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/bootloadhid.html)* - Caterina (Arduino, Pro Micro) via avrdude (http://nongnu.org/avrdude/)* - HalfKay (Teensy, Ergodox EZ) via Teensy Loader (https://pjrc.com/teensy/loader_cli.html)* - LUFA/QMK HID via hid_bootloader_cli (https://github.com/abcminiuser/lufa)* - LUFA Mass Storage* Supported ISP flashers:* - AVRISP (Arduino ISP)* - USBasp (AVR ISP)* - USBTiny (AVR Pocket)* Auto-flash enabled* Auto-flash disabled* Auto-flash enabledUSB device disconnected (CH341SER_A64): wch.cn USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM15) (1A86:7523:0264)USB device connected (CH341SER_A64): wch.cn USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM15) (1A86:7523:0264)
  • QMK Toolbox flash fails on YMD 09 Macro pad
    2 projects | /r/qmk | 8 Jan 2023
  • TinyUSB: Open-source cross-platform USB Host/Device stack for embedded systems
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 May 2022
  • ATmega32u4 (Pro Micro) + LUFA Library + Arduino IDE
    1 project | /r/arduino | 6 Nov 2021
    I briefly checked its code - wrapping it for reasonably convenient use with Arduino IDE would be not that simple. USB is quite abstract protocol and a particular device type requires a matching handler code. You can find example for keyboard HID here: https://github.com/abcminiuser/lufa/tree/master/Demos/Device/ClassDriver/Keyboard - as you can see, there is not so small amount of code for handling it: even though all really hard work is done inside the library, you still need to make a lot of proper calls to make it work.
  • Ben Eater || How does a USB keyboard work?
    4 projects | /r/programming | 5 Jun 2021
    For AVR devices I've always liked LUFA because it has tons of examples to get you started and works great even on low-end devices like the AT90USB162 (16MHz 8-bit cpu with 512 bytes of SRAM).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mdloader and lufa you can also consider the following projects:

qmk_toolbox - A Toolbox companion for QMK Firmware

tinyusb - An open source cross-platform USB stack for embedded system

qmk_configurator - The QMK Configurator

arduino-pico - Raspberry Pi Pico Arduino core, for all RP2040 boards

qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families

Adafruit_TinyUSB_Arduino - Arduino library for TinyUSB

mdloader - Modified Massdrop Firmware Loader with SmartEEPROM support - for CTRL / ALT keyboards

display-switch - Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch

facedancer - Implement your own USB device in Python, supported by a hardware peripheral such as Cynthion or GreatFET

DigisparkArduinoIntegration - DEPRECATED - REPLACED BY: https://github.com/digistump/DigistumpArduino

Frametime - Benchmark E2E input lag

mdloader vs qmk_toolbox lufa vs tinyusb mdloader vs qmk_configurator lufa vs arduino-pico mdloader vs qmk_firmware lufa vs Adafruit_TinyUSB_Arduino mdloader vs mdloader lufa vs qmk_firmware lufa vs display-switch lufa vs facedancer lufa vs DigisparkArduinoIntegration lufa vs Frametime