[avr-chat] Embeded avrdude

[Robert Carl Rice]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

Clearly the avrdude binary that I took from MPIDE was built to support PPC as well as Intel, but avrdude did not require modification to support Microchip processors. Only the avrdude.conf file was modified to include profiles for the Microchip processors including 32 bit µPs. The verification and download for the Digilent "chipkit" Uno32 works fine with avrdude 5.11. Someone may want to merge the Microchip profiles found in MPIDE with the latest Atmel profiles to officially support both manufacturers.

To get my application submitted to the App Store, I simply removed avrdude from my application package and updated the documentation to request that users download and install it separately from the net. I found an installer package that includes avrdude 5.11 at http://www.obdev.at/products/crosspack/download-de.html. Then I link to the binary installed at /usr/local/CrossPack-AVR/bin/avrdude. Does anyone know of an OS X installer package just for avrdude?

The ability for an App Store application to invoke a Unix executable clearly violates the sandboxing security mechanism of App Store applications and Apple warns that it will be allowed only temporarily so I will have to build the avrdude functionality into my application. But I will only need support for the STK500 protocol and a procedure call interface.

Note: my app also uses ScriptingBridge to communicate with Apple Mail and ScriptingBridge communications will also go away for App Store applications.

Thanks,

Bob Rice