AVR-Chat

> I don't use a JTAG. I tend to prefer using print statements and a
> serial port. This comes from working with RTOSes (admittedly mostly on
> non-AVRs) and I find that debugging realtime stuff with a JTAG just
> doesn't work very well.

Once the system is up and running, it's a cooperative multitasker, but
I didn't see any reason for the bootloader to go that way :)


> For many things, like the xmodem protocol that you mentioned in
> another email, you can debug your version of the code on a PC as well.

AVR emulator on the PC?  I'm writing in ASM.