Re: Atmel


"Peter Keller" <psilord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48d95d79$0$9897$80265adb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FreeRTOS.org <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well you don't need any hardware at all to start with as the free AVRStudio
has a good simulator.

It is good to know there is a good simulator, but I'll probably start
with the blinking LED on a real piece of hardware to get the development
pipeline down.

When you come to get hardware the STK500 is a good, low cost board. All the
software tools can be free.

How about something like the AVRISP mkII In-System Programmer? I'm looking
for a USB programmer solution and that seems to be able to program many
of the ATmega* series. Does it work under linux as well? I'm not so
much in the need for an IDE. I'm perfectly happy with vim, make, gcc,
and some command line tools for programming the device.

Though, I did find that there is no DIP package for any Atmel MCU that
speaks USB. Am I mistaken?

The STK500 eval board has a built in ISP programmer.
You can single step in WinAVR too, though not a true emulator like mkII.



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