Re: [avr-chat] recommended programmer for use under OS X?

[Jason Stahls]

Graham Davies wrote:
> 
> Q. - Nobody has suggested the $50 AVR Dragon (DigiKey).  Might that be
>  because  nobody is using it with a Mac?
> A. - Maybe.  I saw that at DigiKey and wasn't even clear on what it was
>> (though DigiKey is pretty much always that way -- great if you already
>> know what you want, fairly useless otherwise, at least to me).
> 
> I hope someone else speaks up on the AVR Dragon / Mac issue.  I use the 
> Dragon under Windows XP.  I like it a lot except that the USB driver seems 
> to screw up my system.  Regarding what it is, the only way to find out 
> really is to install AVR Studio on a Windows system and read the on-line 
> documentation.  I see you're active on the AVRfreaks Wiki.  There is a
> brief 
> description of the AVR Dragon there (which I wrote, I'm afraid).  For the 
> ATmega168, you will connect the Dragon to your target system via a 6-way 
> cable, load your program via ISP and switch to debugWire for debugging. 
> With the ATmega128 you can load your program via ISP or JTAG (10-way
> cable), 
> but not debug.
> 

On the note of the AVR Dragon, I've just ordered one from Digi-key and hope
to have it in my hot little hands tomorow or the next day, I'll report back
with how/if it works in OS X.

Jason

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