AVR-Chat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Davies" <YahooGroups@ecrostech.com>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: Olimex, roll-your own (was ... JTAG-ICE ...)


> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Cosmin Buhu" <lists@b...> wrote:
>
> > My Olimex JTAG updated in a minute
> > without that procedure ??? Bought
> > in May.
>
> Cosmin,
>
> Thanks for this information.
>
<snip>

> My JTAG-ICE clone has a pad that you short to ground to start the
> boot loader. You short this (with a paper-clip, for example) and
> power up. Then you use AVR prog. Verification works. Then you power
> down and up again and you're ready to roll.
>
> What I've got so far is that one person here thinks my JTAG-ICE is a
> decent product but everyone else is happy with the Atmel, Olimex or
> roll-your-own options. This is good input and I will initially make
> only a small number, not expecting to sell that many after all.
>
> Graham.
>

    Hi Graham,

    I read that procedure and indeed I was afraid of it. First time AVR
Studio
claimed my adapter has an old firmware that needs to be updated, offered to
do the update, said no and this was all. Second time I assumed the risk and
said
yes to the update offer, which worked well, as I was able to use the adapter
after
that. Without that procedure. Or I am speaking wrong (but the JTAG is
working)?
    But I agree that only one low cost JTAG-ICE is less than enough, the
world
is big and you'll find the market for another one for sure.
    Look what can be read on Olimex site:
" AVR-JTAG firmware upgrade for the very first lot of AVR-JTAG (no -L
suffix),
all JTAGs shipped after 01.01.2004 are with fixed bootloader and will
upgrade
automatically via AVR-STUDIO "
    This quote appeared on site after I bought the adapter and upgrade it
:). In fact
now I am seeing it first time.

Cosmin