AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, techy fellow <techyf@y...> wrote:

> Before I part with [money] can
> someone be so kind to share ...
> his/ her experience using [the
> ECROS Technology AVR ICE-Cube]

This is a great idea ... just what discussion groups are for. I don't 
want to discourage you from seeking opinions before you buy, but let 
me say that if the AVR ICE-Cube does not perform as I claim, anyone 
can return it for a full refund.

For example, someone bought it to use with an ATmega162 in an STK500. 
It turns out that the JTAG interface is on a different set of port 
pins on the ATmega162 as opposed to the ATmega16. This means that the 
STK500 adapter is incorrectly wired for the ATmega162. So, although 
the AVR ICE-Cube is fine - it is only the free adapter that does not 
work in this particular case - I will refund the purchase price to 
this customer.

Discussion groups like this make sure people like me deliver the 
value they promise. If anyone finds my products to be defective or 
shoddy they can greatly affect my sales by posting that information 
here (or the reverse, of course). My thanks go out to the ATmega162 
guy for not flaming me in public because it wasn't obvious at first 
that the problem lay in the free adapter and the ATmega162 pinout and 
not in the AVE ICE-Cube itself.

Graham.