Tools...
2006-05-02 by Roy E. Burrage
Has anyone used the new version of
MikroElectronika's EasyAVR3 board? I would be interested to see how
their support has changed as the new version looks interesting, as well
as carrying an attractive price tag.
Experience with the EasyAVR v2.5 has been that the development board is great to use and more functional than an STK500, albeit a bit klunkier to program. Programming interface is a bit klunky, but that's easy to work around. It's nice to have a development board with all of the port pins available as well as LEDs and switches attached to each port pin, USB programming interface, JTAG interface connector, and a serial port on board.
Support, when originally bought, sucked...as in there was never a response to inquiries. There was no manual provided. The only documentation was a schematic of the board and a parts placement picture. And it uses a PIC for the USB interface so I feel like breaking out the lye soap and chlorox when ever I'm working with it.
I guess my question, to make a long story longer, is - Has MikroElectronika begun to provide some support for their products? Or, would a new purchase be treated the same as previous experience.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
REB
Experience with the EasyAVR v2.5 has been that the development board is great to use and more functional than an STK500, albeit a bit klunkier to program. Programming interface is a bit klunky, but that's easy to work around. It's nice to have a development board with all of the port pins available as well as LEDs and switches attached to each port pin, USB programming interface, JTAG interface connector, and a serial port on board.
Support, when originally bought, sucked...as in there was never a response to inquiries. There was no manual provided. The only documentation was a schematic of the board and a parts placement picture. And it uses a PIC for the USB interface so I feel like breaking out the lye soap and chlorox when ever I'm working with it.
I guess my question, to make a long story longer, is - Has MikroElectronika begun to provide some support for their products? Or, would a new purchase be treated the same as previous experience.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
REB