all the work ive done with micros has been on a propeller board i built myself. im looking to get into avr as a second smaller micro for tasks that arent suited for the prop.
ive been looking into your usb programmer and have some questions.
#1 it says its also a dev board for the chip. when you change the jumpers to select development mode can it then jist be set back to a prpgrammer. to be more clear when programed as a dev board does that erase the programmer code, and the chip needs to be reflasbed with its oroginal code to become a programmer again.
#2 when a dev board do you need a second usb programmer to program it or can u program it through usb?
#3 will this program an arduino without switching to uart mode? and will this progam atiny atmega16 atmega128 and atmega324 and the attiny line?
#4 what advantages does the better sk500 programmer have over this one?
I dont want to sound rude but what is up with you avr people. People on avrfreak are telling me to buy a dragon and an arduino to start with.
Im not asking for an opinoin on what to buy or whats better. I know a dragon is better but I dont want to spend 50 dollars. Im intrested in this becuase its cheap and doubles as a dev board maybe. Im not looking into getting crazy with AVR I want a cheap way to get started programming atmega16, 128, and attiny, so i can build a few projects online and program some attinys to whack down into a circuit as cheap custom logic. Originally I went with msp430g chips for my needs and found I didnt like it so I want to experiment with AVR. If I end up using AVR chips alot I will purchase a dragon. Right now I just want something cheap to program the chips I ordered from digi key. I was planning on using a self built parallel cable and software, but I saw this was also a dev board and it has peaked my interest as an inexpensive way to play with avr and burn chips.