Using AVR-GCC toolchain on Mac OS X

J.A. Legris <jalegris@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On Apr 15, 6:27 pm, "J.A. Legris" <jaleg...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > Has anyone here taken the leap to a Mac based AVR development system?
> > I'm attempting to use AVRdude with an AVRISP mkII programmer and it's
> > showing signs of life, but it doesn't seem to be happy when the ISP
> > cable is not connected to a target system. Specifically, the red/green
> > status LED on the AVRISP doesn't light up at all, when I was expecting
> > it to at least indicate the connection is bad. The green USB activity
> > LED works and AVRdude recognizes the programmer's serial number, so
> > the USB link is working. The next step of course is to make a target
> > board, but I like to move in small steps.
> >
> 
> 
> I was unable to get the AVRISPmkII to work properly with AVRdude on my
> Mac. It almost worked, recognizing the target board and reading/
> programing the ATmega8, but there were consistent read errors and
> annoyingly long time-outs.[...]

   Have you tried <http://www.vonnieda.org/software/avrfuses> ? Works
perfectly with both AVRISPmkI and mkII.
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On May 3, 6:13=A0am, b...@m.a.c.com.invalid (Bjarne B=E4ckstr=F6m) wrote:
> J.A. Legris <jaleg...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > On Apr 15, 6:27 pm, "J.A. Legris" <jaleg...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > > Has anyone here taken the leap to a Mac based AVR development system?
> > > I'm attempting to use AVRdude with an AVRISP mkII programmer and it's
> > > showing signs of life, but it doesn't seem to be happy when the ISP
> > > cable is not connected to a target system. Specifically, the red/gree=
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> > > status LED on the AVRISP doesn't light up at all, when I was expectin=
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> > > it to at least indicate the connection is bad. The green USB activity
> > > LED works and AVRdude recognizes the programmer's serial number, so
> > > the USB link is working. The next step of course is to make a target
> > > board, but I like to move in small steps.
>
> > I was unable to get the AVRISPmkII to work properly with AVRdude on my
> > Mac. It almost worked, recognizing the target board and reading/
> > programing the ATmega8, but there were consistent read errors and
> > annoyingly long time-outs.[...]
>
> =A0 =A0Have you tried <http://www.vonnieda.org/software/avrfuses> ? Works
> perfectly with both AVRISPmkI and mkII.
> --

Thanks, but it's too late. For now I'm a satifisfied Windows user, at
least for this one application. A successful simultaneous installation
of both new hardware and new software (on a PC, no less!) is a rare
and beautiful thing.

--
Joe

On Apr 16, 6:51=A0pm, larwe <zwsdot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 1:03=A0pm, d_s_klein <d_s_kl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > (accidentally) connected my programmer to a 'doze system with the
> > latest AVR studio loaded. =A0AVR studio updated the programmer, and
>
> Good call - I forgot about that. I have the same fun issue with MSP430
> development. IAR wants to "update" the USB-FET every time I use it. So
> does Rowley. Round and round and round it goes; where it stops, nobody
> seems to care...

This is because of TI FET driver dll, not IAR or Rowley..... There are
some fixes from TI for this.