Reply by Martin Griffith July 29, 20082008-07-29
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:53:31 -0400, in comp.arch.embedded Rich Webb
<bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:09:12 +0200, Martin Griffith ><mart_in_medina@yah00.es> wrote: > >>Just spent an hour googling <sigh> >> >>I'm trying to find a reasonable BL for the enduser, preferably using >>USB/FTDI or the silicon labs thingy/equivalent. >> >>Just to update their AVR, nothing special, apart from "simple" and >>probably a lot of Mac users >> >>Using GCC Winavr, Ponyprog and atmel Studio4 >> >>I'm just sort of (still) learning the AVR, >>so any suggestions, plus /minus points would be welcome > >I'm not familiar with bootloaders set up for gcc but I am aware of a >couple available for the Imagecraft AVR C compiler. Standard disclaimer: >just a long-time satisfied customer. http://www.imagecraft.com for info.
I had imagecraft for the AVR when it first came out, then I got a job for a few years, lost the floppy security disc inbetween. Yep it seemed to be fine. Richard was as helpful as ever. AVRstudio4 is quite klunky (IMO) twiddling the port (input) pins is a bit of a disaster, and I do a lot of twiddling. I end up burning the flash, to make sure Studio4 is working, that seems to be the wrong way around :( martin
Reply by Rich Webb July 28, 20082008-07-28
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:09:12 +0200, Martin Griffith
<mart_in_medina@yah00.es> wrote:

>Just spent an hour googling <sigh> > >I'm trying to find a reasonable BL for the enduser, preferably using >USB/FTDI or the silicon labs thingy/equivalent. > >Just to update their AVR, nothing special, apart from "simple" and >probably a lot of Mac users > >Using GCC Winavr, Ponyprog and atmel Studio4 > >I'm just sort of (still) learning the AVR, >so any suggestions, plus /minus points would be welcome
I'm not familiar with bootloaders set up for gcc but I am aware of a couple available for the Imagecraft AVR C compiler. Standard disclaimer: just a long-time satisfied customer. http://www.imagecraft.com for info. -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
Reply by Don McKenzie July 28, 20082008-07-28
Martin Griffith wrote:
> Just spent an hour googling <sigh> > > I'm trying to find a reasonable BL for the enduser, preferably using > USB/FTDI or the silicon labs thingy/equivalent. > > Just to update their AVR, nothing special, apart from "simple" and > probably a lot of Mac users > > Using GCC Winavr, Ponyprog and atmel Studio4 > > I'm just sort of (still) learning the AVR, > so any suggestions, plus /minus points would be welcome
some commercial ones here Martin: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/miscellaneous-c274.html Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Xbee Wireless Modules, and low cost Interface Boards. http://www.dontronics-shop.com/xbee-boards.html
Reply by Martin Griffith July 28, 20082008-07-28
Just spent an hour googling <sigh>

I'm trying to find a reasonable BL for the enduser, preferably using
USB/FTDI or the silicon labs thingy/equivalent.

Just to update their AVR, nothing  special, apart from "simple" and
probably a lot of Mac users

Using GCC Winavr, Ponyprog and atmel Studio4

I'm just sort of (still) learning the AVR, 
so any suggestions, plus /minus points would be welcome

Thanks


martin