[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Going Over to the Dark Side

[John Luciani]

I have been programming the ATmega168 using the AVR ISPMKII interface
(~$35 from Digikey). The ISP MKII has a USB connector. I put the standard
Atmel ISP connector on my board, plug in the 6pin cable and it just works.

I use avr-gcc, avrdude and a Makefile on Linux. The fellow I have been
working with uses AVR studio on Windows. The same code compiles,
flashes and runs without changes.

I was pleasantly surprised that Atmel did such a good job.  Actually I was
initially shocked but that has since faded to pleasantly surprised ;)

(* jcl *)

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:51 AM, dave madden <dorkbot at mersenne.com> wrote:
> I just discovered that you can build GCC for many Atmel processors (and
> I succeeded in doing so), so I'm thinking it might be time to dip a toe
> in that murky pool.  What's the cheapest way to get an AVR processor
> that can be bare-metal programmed via serial or USB (or JTAG, if no
> simpler options exist)?  (I'm asking as someone who's been spoiled by
> Luminary and NXP ARM boards with a USB-Serial converter built in: I plug
> in one cable and can download / flash code, then reset and talk to the
> program over the same connection.)
>
> And an extra bonus question: is there a Digikey order going out this
> Monday for delivery on the 13th?
>
> Thanks,
> d.
>
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