Re: [avr-chat] Re: Programmer for everyone!

[Chris Albertson]

People build programmers because they are very cheap and
easy to build.  If the price and complexity of a home
built programmer were to be more than abut $30 not many
people would go for it because Digikey will sell you
an STK500 or avrdragon for $50.  I actually got both
of these in a bundle for $49.  Atmel is smart to sell
these as loss leaders



--- Graham Davies <address@hidden> wrote:

> Clemens Koller wrote:
> 
> > Well, it seems that everyone builds his own programmer and starts
> to
> > struggle again with wiring, configuration of programming software
> etc. pp.
> 
> This isn't really true.  There are a large number of programmers out
> there 
> with various capabilities and fair prices.  Take a look on AVRfreaks.
> 
> People only build their own if they value the learning experience or
> have 
> lots of time and no money.  On the other hand, Atmel have kept the
> designs 
> of newer debug interfaces closed (the JTAG ICE MkII and Dragon) and
> it might 
> be interesting to see what can be done *legally* in this area.
> 
> Graham.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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