Re: [avr-gcc-list] Living With Atmel Studio 6.0

[Dave Harper]

On 8/9/2012 9:42 AM, David Kelly wrote:
> I think its time to start a new thread leveraged off another:
Good idea - the other thread was getting cluttered with posts that had 
nothing to do with the original topic.
> Forget the editor, just get the debugger right.
I agree completely.

> So asking of others suffering with AS6, what SVN client do you use? Am 
> thinking I should advance from TortoiseSVN running outside of the 
> dreaded VS10 shell to something integrated.
I started out with the XMega128 about 10 years ago.  Studio and WinAVR 
were the main tools.  I've always done source editing outside of any IDE 
since I've used many different programming languages depending on what 
I'm working on.  Things have evolved for me since I first started with 
the AVR and the current project uses an AT91SAM7X512, three Mega164Ps 
and 18 XMega32As.  A test environment that drives the project uses an 
additional three Mega32U4s and an XMega64A3.  Talk about a mix of 
development tools!  For the ARM it's Eclipse which I use for compiling 
and debugging.  For the Mega164Ps and XMega32As I still use Studio 4.18 
since that was what I started the project with.  The test environment 
doesn't use Studio at all - I use WinAVR on the command line and debug 
with a logic analyzer. When I started the project I switched to SVN and 
used the plugin for Eclipse as the ARM was the first code developed.  
When I started the code for the Mega164P I switched to TortoiseSVN 
across the project and that has worked out well - especially since all 
edits are done outside the IDE. I tried AS5 when it first came out and 
thought it was so slow it was unusable.  I have AS6 installed now, along 
with a JTAGICE3 for programming and debug, and will likely use that on 
any new projects.  It seems like throughout my career nothing has been 
more dynamic than the tools I've used.  Virtually every time I start a 
project the first thing that needs to be done is to re-evaluate the 
current tools and put together a new set that will get the job done.

Dave