FirefighterBlu3
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I'm interested in going swimming. My stumbling blocks aren't worries about complexity but moreso about the large variety of options for MCUs and a seemingly distinct lack of *nix software for developing. Now mind you, I don't -need- a pretty interface to write code with. I tend to use a simple editor and plain gdb works very well for most of what I do. But I do like to have a pretty (GUI) set of tools that explain various options.
A year ago, finding a USB based JTAG product that was Linux friend was close to impossible. Now I have three quickly found options to evaluate and I am close to setting on the Flyswatter (**broken link removed**)
I have also installed Kontroller and a set of avr tools like avrdude etc. I'm still working on a toolchain because Gentoo's crossdev is a little broken right now. I prefer sticking with native distro tools for package management most of the time. It's also a 64bit platform which sometimes throws a monkey wrench into things.
All of this said, does anyone have suggestions and recommendations for anything related to playing with AVRs - Linux tools and software? JTAG/ICE hardware? RTFM isn't necessary, I've been doing that ;-)
My first project will be using some tiny13 chips I think, to do (a) servo control for D&D dungeon props, and (b) simulated flickering fire with orange/red LEDs for said props.
A year ago, finding a USB based JTAG product that was Linux friend was close to impossible. Now I have three quickly found options to evaluate and I am close to setting on the Flyswatter (**broken link removed**)
I have also installed Kontroller and a set of avr tools like avrdude etc. I'm still working on a toolchain because Gentoo's crossdev is a little broken right now. I prefer sticking with native distro tools for package management most of the time. It's also a 64bit platform which sometimes throws a monkey wrench into things.
All of this said, does anyone have suggestions and recommendations for anything related to playing with AVRs - Linux tools and software? JTAG/ICE hardware? RTFM isn't necessary, I've been doing that ;-)
My first project will be using some tiny13 chips I think, to do (a) servo control for D&D dungeon props, and (b) simulated flickering fire with orange/red LEDs for said props.
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