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Hi there,

I am new to AVR system as a hobbiest.  May I ask a couple of 
recommendations for two things I need?

1. Low cost combined JTAG programmer and debugger. I found one at 
the microcontrollershop.  Looks good (apart from the odd shape).  
Any others worth looking at?
http://microcontrollershop.com/product_info.php?
cPath=110_53&products_id=584&osCsid=0a3815b60abe1abbe0c75306dc043273


2. C Compiler.  Budget is in the range $0-$200, which gives me GCC 
and CodeVision (sorry Imagecraft just didn't look like it was for 
me).  Cheaper is better but my time is worth something too and I'm 
prepared to pay for value.  I noticed that now AVR Studio has GCC 
integrated, potentially that's very helpful I would guess.  Could I 
get some opinions on the relative merits of GCC+AVR Studio and 
CodeVision? (If I could understand the practical differences I could 
decide if it's worth the price difference to me)

Many thanks!