AVR-Chat

More or less I agree with what Dave, Michael and Don have said. Let 
contribute the following.

You did not mention what hardware you plan on using to program and/or 
test and/or use the mega128 in. If you have not already came up with 
what you will be using I suggest the STK501 (which will accomidate 
the 64 lead TQFP that the 128 can be purchased in) plugged into the 
STK500 (which supports the other AVRs and the STK501). This is 
because one of the hardest things for me in starting out is getting 
all the hardware and software working for that FIRST program.

To program the 128 and other AVRs WinAVR C free. Both BasCom AVR and 
CodeVision AVR have free demos you can try out. Like said 
before "what language are you most farmiliar with?" If you are new to 
all of them probably Basic would be your best choice. I think most of 
us would say that C is more robust that Basic but it is also harder 
to learn.

Also, there is always AVR Studio. I good ol assembly but when it 
comes down to it Studio is the definitive for programming AVRs and it 
is free. I'm sure some people will disagree with me but sooner or 
later you should know how to use Studio even if you program in one of 
the other languages. Because you are working with a megaAVR you need 
version 4.

Mike

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, NGUYEN NGA VIET <vnn_hi@y...> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>  
> I'm vnn, a beginner in microcontroller programming. I'm about to 
program an Atmega 128 and searching for a suitable tool. I've found 
two possible tools: WinAVR and ICC-avr. I found WinAVR first and 
started to learn to use it. Somebody suggested me to use ICC-avr. 
Please tell me:
> - Which one, in your opinion, is better ( capacity and available 
resources) ?
>  
> - Could you give me some advices for a beginner ?
>  
> I'm glad to join our AVR community and thank you very much for you 
help.
> 
> 
> vnn
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