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From: Ralph Hilton
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] AVR Studio update


On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:20:03 -0000 you wrote:

>
>
>There is an update to AVR Studio (4.11) on the Atmel web site. It
>says it's a beta release, but it isn't according to the version info
>when it is run.

Does it do anything useful that 4.10 doesn't? i.e. is it worth upgrading?

I've attached the release not.

Leon

Release Note
Welcome to AVR Studio 4.11 (01/2005)


What's new in this release...

Debug platform updates

New firmware and part upgrade. Please refer to the  JTAGICE mk II help for 
more information

New firmware and part upgrade. Please refer to the ICE 50 help for more 
information

Programming support updates

A new major version (V2) of the STK500 firmware is released with this 
version of AVR Studio. Along with this, the protocol and driver for the 
STK500 has been updated. Please refer to the STK500 and AVRISP help for more 
information.

A separate programming platform connection dialog gives more control of 
which platform and port to connect to, and reduces the connection time for 
most platforms. The programming dialog for the STK500, AVRISP, JTAG ICE and 
JTAGICE mkII is now invoked with the menu item "Program AVR".

The programmer dialog now uses the available part description files to 
determine which devices are supported by the various programming platforms.

The ISP frequency used during ISP programming can now be controlled 
independently of the STK500 oscillator on the Board tab.

New simulator part support

ATtiny45

ATmega2560

ATmega2561

AT90PWM2

AT90PWM3

A new simulator help is made and the contents are updated with generic and 
part specific known issues.

New tools and features

AVR Assembler 2 (AVRASM2) is now the default assembler in AVR Studio, but 
the old assembler is still provided and can be selected in AVR Studio 
(Assembler Options). Note that the old assembler is now UNSUPPORTED and will 
not be updated with support for new AVR parts. Please refer to the assembler 
help for more details.

The assembler options dialog are updated with some additional features: 
Default settings can be changed. Pre and post build commands can be added. 
Options are now project specific and saved to the project file.

ELF/DWARF parser version 1.0 is released. This component enables AVR Studio 
to debug object files created with AVR-GCC. Please refer to Object files 
format and support for more information.

No major updates have been done to the User Interface, but there are many 
minor fixes done to make a more stable and reliable system. Some of the 
fixes are listed below.

Fixes

USER INTERFACE
* The Project wizard and select debug platform/device dialog have been 
updated to always show the actual settings
* Actual font settings are displayed when opening the font dialog
* Fixes done to the breakpoint list to avoid multiple entries
* Fixed problem when saving editor settings
* Fixed some scrollbar and red coloring problems in the memory view

IAR UBROF
* Array indexes for is now displayed in the right order.
* IO registers used by the project is now visible in watch by their inherent 
name.

JTAGICE:
* Changed the ATmega64 device descriptor so that the ADCSRB register is 
accessible in Studio during debugging.
* See the JTAGICE MKII help book for more information about fixes

ELF/DWARF parser fixes since Beta-3:
* Problem with watching short variables has been fixed.
* Problem with watching functions with no type information has been 
corrected.
* const arrays' type name are now correct
* Parsing of memory content from object files has been fixed and verified
* Breakpoint problems and other problems connected to issues with different 
variants of paths has been fixed
* Unsigned char values are now displayed properly and not as negative values 
once the number is > 127
* const pointers are now displayed as const pointers and not as pointers to 
const objects.
* Memory usage has been reduced by rewriting the id scheme of debugging 
information entries.
* Problems uploading elf/dwarf object files to ice50 and ice40 using USB has 
been fixed.

MISC
* Fixed problem that causes unstable operation when placing a breakpoint on 
line 65535 of an Assembler project

SIMULATOR
* ATtiny26: various fixes for Timer/Counter1.
* ATtiny15: various fixes for Timer/Counter1.
* Various fixes for most devices' Timer/Counter0: is now cycle-correct and 
fully functional.
* Fixed problem with timers clearing PORT bits when output compare was not 
enabled.
* Writing to PIN toggles corresponding PORT register for newer parts: 
AT90CAN128, ATmega165,169, 325, 329, 3250, 3290, 48/88/168, 649, ATtiny13 
and ATtiny2313.
* Added support for IVSEL flag.
* ATmega8515: corrected prescaler on Timer/Counter0.
* Unsupported instructions will not be executed. For instance, MUL is not 
available on ATtiny13.
* Corrected cycle count for interrupts.
* ATtiny13: ACSR bit 7 (AC) could not be set.
* ATmega8: Fixed maximum speed and added missing interrupt vectors.

ICE200
* Clock settings are now saved and restored properly
* Reset operation in run mode are fixed

Please refer to the other help books for more information

Miscellaneous

*The installation procedure now installs all the latest XML parser 
distribution files (MSXML 4.0 SP2)

*New USB WinDriver upgrade from ver 6.22 to ver 6.23. This may fix stability 
problems on specific OS/HW systems.




See also
Tools and device support
Known issues
Release history



Send feedback to Atmel.  All requests for AVR Studio and other tools are 
welcome!



 



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From: Ralph Hilton 
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] AVR Studio update


On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:08:34 -0000 you wrote:

>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Ralph Hilton
>To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] AVR Studio update
>
>
>On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:20:03 -0000 you wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>There is an update to AVR Studio (4.11) on the Atmel web site. It
>>says it's a beta release, but it isn't according to the version info
>>when it is run.
>
>Does it do anything useful that 4.10 doesn't? i.e. is it worth upgrading?
>
>I've attached the release not.
>
>Leon
>
>Release Note
>Welcome to AVR Studio 4.11 (01/2005)

Tks for the data.

It seems to have problems with WinXP SP 2

I get the following error with Installshield:

Error Code:      -5006 : 0x80070002
Error Information:
>SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (1356)
pAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID:
$10.1.0.238PAK
@Windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) BT_OTHER 232.64
--

I didn't have a problem and I'm using XP (Home) SP2.

Leon


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