Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5

Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5#122749

By MShep - Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:25 pm

- Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:25 pm #122749

I am trying to get started with microcontrollers and after some looking around for a couple of days it looks like the cheapest/easiest way to get into everything is sparkfuns Pocket Programmer along with Atmel's AVR Studio 5 software. One thing I noticed was it doesnt look like there is direct support for the Pocket Programmer in Atmel's software. I also read somewhere that the USBTINY drivers might actually allow Studio 5 to recognize the programmer.

My question is will the Pocket Programmer be directly supported with their software (IDE?) or will I have to do some additional work to get it working?

Thanks

Re: Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5#123786

By frank26080115 - Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:15 pm

- Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:15 pm #123786

http://www.ladyada.net/make/usbtinyisp/download.html
"USBtiny500 compatibility bridge for AVR Studio"

Is that what you are looking for?

Re: Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5#123790

By MShep - Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:08 pm

- Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:08 pm #123790

Yeah that was what I was talking about. But I have decided to go ahead and go with Arduino for the simplicity.

Re: Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5#123814

By frank26080115 - Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:32 pm

- Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:32 pm #123814

Don't make the switch, you'll kick yourself when you realize you need the programmer. Arduino's IDE, libraries, or core code does not actually require a real Arduino board or bootloader.

Re: Pocker Programmer and AVR Studio 5#154666

By johnguy - Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:36 am

- Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:36 am #154666

Hi Frank,
could you explane why it would be better to use the USnoobie, than avr pocket programmer. Both cost about the same, avr pocket programmer interfaces via ISP cable and header many different controllers, USnoobie is designed to do the same thing just for ATMEGA 328.
Did I miss anyting?
Johannes

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