Re: [avr-chat] Ubuntu and stk500

[Pertti Kellomäki]

Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> The only pitfall is that only AVR Studio on Windows is able to upgrade
> the STK's firmware.  Make sure you've got a recent firmware version on
> it so you get all the fixes for known bugs.

Ok, so time to dust off the Windows machine as well ;-)

> Otherwise, avrdude is the method of choice for Unix-like operating
> systems.  I don't have an idea about how well the Ubuntu toolkit is
> maintained here.  Version 5.5 is the most recent release of avrdude.

Thanks, I'll have to check what the version on Ubuntu is.

By the way, how well is jtag supported on Linux? I don't
have any jtag hardware yet, but if the Olimex dongles work
with Linux tools, they look like the way to go.
--
Pertti