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It's all relative, but I don't think 99.00 USD for an ice-200 is really 
'quite costly'. Especially compared to some of the higher end ICEs.
   Admittedly the ice200 is on the out the way out, and jtag / debug wire 
are going to be the direction for low cost ICE.

  But, I found the ice-200 an INCREDIBLY useful low cost tool for the older 
chips. I might avoid it the for obsolescence issue, but not the cost.

Just my .02

-carl



At 09:46 AM 10/3/2004, you wrote:


>--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "alanganes" <alanganes@c...> wrote:
>
> > ... I'm just a beginner ...
> > I am obviously missing something.
> > Any ideas??
>
>The suggestion has been made that you get an ICE200. I think these
>are quite costly. An alternative would be to switch to an AVR that
>has the JTAG port while you are coming up to speed. You could move
>your code over to your preferred target when you have it working and
>you are more familiar with the AVR line. The advantage of this is
>that JTAG ICE "clones" are available that work with AVR Studio and
>cost around $50.00 US. In fact, I have one in the works which will be
>available for purchase for only $40.00 in the coming week. Please see
>my Web site for details.
>
>Graham.
>http://www.ecrostech.com
>
>
>