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I'm using the AVRSP in place of ARVDUDE.

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	Mark Jordan


On 16 May 2005 at 7:54, Mike Perks wrote:

> Brian,
> 
> I sometimes like to use AVRDude as an alternative to AVRProg. However I
> have found the following problems continue to exist in even the AVRDude
> 5.0 Beta. This is frank input that I hope will spur you to improve AVRDude.
> 
> 1. I tried building my own version from source and found the makefile
> schema impenetrable. I understand why some of the complexity is there
> but unless you have the environment setup correctly, it doesn't work. In
> the end I fudged the makefile and did build a Windows version with GCC.
> I am a software engineer so I'm not a newbieat this type of thing.
> 
> 2. Just like version 4.4, there is no Windows binary available. In the
> end I went to Klaus Leidinger's site to download a Windows version of 4.4.
> 
> 3. Klaus and others have made a number of improvements to their version
> that I didn't see in 4.4 and I use his version instead as it supports
> 115,200 baud download. I would to see the code reconverged if possible,
> or at minimum have their changes added to the 5.0 release.
> 
> 4. Because I don't use AVRDude on a daily basis, I always end up
> reaching for the manual to remember the names for the chip I'm using and
> other parameters. I know there is some command line prompting but even
> so its rare that I can get AVRDude to run like I want first time. I'm
> aware of the GUI version and have tried that as well. I think what's
> missing is the simplicity of AVRProg auto-discovery with the flexibility
> of AVRDude.
> 
> 5. It's not clear to me why I (or anyone else) would need to upgrade to
> 5.0 if we didn't need the two functions listed below. In fact what does
> it mean that you have JTAGICE support and which ones did you test it
> with? Instead of saying STK500 V2 firmware may be you should also point
> to application note AVR068
> (http://atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc2591.pdf).
> 
> 6. The AVRDude website is not helpful as it doesn't even mention the 5.0
> beta. I would to see some effort applied to the website to make it
> better. I didn't create sr #103514
> (http://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?func=detailitem&item_id=103514) but
> it pretty much sums up my feelings as well. If the website is in poor
> shape and I can't even find a Windows version of 4.4, what does this say
> about the authors.
> 
> Few people are going to bother testing AVRDude 5.0 if there is no
> Windows version and no documentation on exactly what it does.
> 
> Mike
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have just released version 5.0-BETA of AVRDUDE.  AVRDUDE is open
> > source software for programming the flash, eeprom, fuse and lock bits
> > of AVR microcontrollers.
> >
> > The highlights of this release include support for the STK500 Version
> > 2 firmware, and JTAGICE MkII programming support.
> >
> > Please download and test the new beta release.  Any feedback is
> > welcome and will contributing to making 5.0 release even better.
> >
> > The AVRDUDE project can be found here:
> >
> >      http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/avrdude/
> >
> > The source code for this release can be found here:
> >
> >      http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/avrdude/
> >
> > The 5.0-BETA release is the file:
> >
> >      avrdude-5.0-BETA.tar.gz      14-May-2005 18:09   419k 
> >
> > Please report any problems or other feedback to the AVRDUDE mailing
> > list:
> >
> >      avrdude-dev@nongnu.org
> >
> > Cheers!
> > -Brian
> > -- 
> > Brian Dean
> > BDMICRO - ATmega128 Based MAVRIC Controllers
> > http://www.bdmicro.com/
> >
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