AVR-Chat

>  Eclipse is a Java based open source IDE that can be configured for lots
> of environments.  It is so flexible that it is almost impossible to use
> at times.  :)  There is a nice AVR plugin for it and avr-gcc that while
> it is a little rough around the edges, helped me over the hump of
> configuring it for avr-gcc and the AVR micros.

Hmm. I might need to check that out.


>  And winking LEDs,  - I have a library of bit-banged async serial output
> routines too.  I like your method as well.  I live on the scope when
> dealing with code in tiny micros with no UART.  I've never had a working
> debugger setup using AVR Studio, and while I have a JTAG MKII, I've
> never gotten it to work for me, so <shrug>.  I'm glad I won it as a door
> prize at a seminar.

I'd wish that everyone who's had this sort of experience would drop a
note to avr@atmel.com and let them know the particulars.

I hear of a new studio in the works, a "ground up rewrite", which
makes me wonder why they would rewrite something like this if it were
truly working for everyone but me.