user26077: I am having trouble figuring out the pinout of my 6 - pin USBasp Chinese clone that I got off eBay.
BEFORE YOU TELL ME TO LOOK AT THE PINOUT DIAGRAMS, I can tell you that my version of the usbasp has no way of telling which way is up and which ways is down. Images:



user3917: Look at the following pinout diagram (from telecnatron.com):

The right-hand diagram above shows the USBASP-board pin-header pin assignments, when you are looking into the pin-header.  The header shell will have a triangle marking pin 1.  Note that pin 1 is on the same side of the connector as the key (the ridge on the cable connectors, the slot on the pin-header shell).  Each socket on the cable also will have a triangle marking pin 1.

26077: <p>I am having trouble figuring out the pinout of my 6 - pin USBasp Chinese clone that I got off eBay.
<strong>BEFORE YOU TELL ME TO LOOK AT THE PINOUT DIAGRAMS,</strong> I can tell you that my version of the usbasp has no way of telling which way is up and which ways is down. Images:
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RUq6W.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RUq6W.jpg" alt=" "></a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HM2Ok.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HM2Ok.jpg" alt=" "></a></p>
 3917: <p>Look at the following pinout diagram (from <a href="http://telecnatron.com/reference/pinouts/avr-isp/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">telecnatron.com</a>):</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EWRoo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EWRoo.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The right-hand diagram above shows the USBASP-board pin-header pin assignments, when you are looking into the pin-header.  The header shell will have a triangle marking pin 1.  Note that pin 1 is on the same side of the connector as the key (the ridge on the cable connectors, the slot on the pin-header shell).  Each socket on the cable also will have a triangle marking pin 1.</p>
