new WinAVR and AVR Studio versions

[Admin]

I haven't tested them out much, so don't know how compatible they are with the $50 Robot or the Axon. But I'm upgrading and will only release future code that works with the latest versions. Report any problems you discover here.


The latest WinAVR December 6, 2008:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68108&package_id=66543&release_id=645436


The latest AVR Studio:

AVR Studio 4.15 (build 623)  (94 MB, updated 11/08)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/astudio4b623.exe

AVR Studio 4.14 (build 589)  (89 MB, updated 4/08)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/aStudio4b589.exe

AVR Studio 4.13 SP2 (build 571)  (45 MB, updated 12/07)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVRStudio4.13SP2.exe

[Admin]

AVR Studio 4.16 (build 628)  (126 MB, updated 2/09)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AvrStudio416Setup.exe

AVR Studio 4.16 includes new device support and numerous overall enhancements;
AVR QTouch Studio, STK600 support for multiple socket/routing card combinations, Windows Error Reporting (WER) system activated, and JTAGICE mkII command line SW support for XMEGA device family.

I'll be using this version from now on, I'll report back only if I find something broken.

[Admin]

I am reporting about a serious bug in AVR Studio 4.16 (build 628).

It is unable to write to the boot section.

AVR Studio 4.15 (build 623) however works fine.


Now if only I can get the last 3 hours of my life back, struggling to figure out why the bootloader wouldn't work on the Axon but everything else did


edit: Its fixed in the beta, along with two more bugs related to the ATmega640 (the Axon mcu):
http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=78424

[Admin]

AVR Studio build 638 was released like 2 weeks ago:

AVR Studio 4.16 SP1 (build 638) (34 MB, updated 5/09)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVRStudio4.16SP1.exe

Strangely, AVR Studio isn't requiring registration to download it this time . . . I wonder if my little url hack had anything to do with it

(install 4.16 first, then install the SP1)

fyi - I haven't tried it yet

[Admin]

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AvrStudio417Setup.exe

AVR Studio 4.17 (build 666) (112 MB, updated 7/09)

AVR Studio 4.17 includes new device support and numerous overall enhancements;
Full AVR ONE! 8-bit support - both programming and debugging, AVR Battery Studio version 1.02, JTAGICE mkII command line SW with support for ELF production file format, and STK500 command line SW with support for ELF production file format.

[Admin]

Version 4.18 is out:

AVR Studio 4.18 includes new device support and numerous overall enhancements;
QT600 support in programming dialog in AVR Studio, AVR Dragon support for all AVR 8-bit devices including XMEGA, Programming and debugging within AVR Studio, command line software support for ELF production file format, and button for starting AVR32 Studio.

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AvrStudio4Setup.exe

[Admin]

New WinAVR version 2010-01-20:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/files/
updates/adds:

AVR32 GNU toolchain

Splint 3.1.2 Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and programming mistakes. Splint does many of the traditional lint checks. More powerful checks are made possible by additional information given in source code annotations.

New Device Support

Component Version Upgrades

Included software upgrades

4.18 SP1
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVRStudio4.18SP1.exe
version info:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/ReleaseNotes_AVRStudio_4.18SP1.txt


I installed and ran both, and my code compiles fine.

[Admin]

AVR Studio SP2 (build 700) came out like 2 months ago:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVRStudio4.18SP2.exe

(you need SP1 installed first)

[Admin]

AVR Studio 4.18 SP3 (b716) (31 MB, updated 9/10)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AVRStudio4.18SP3.exe

[Webbot]

For info: the release notes are here http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/ReleaseNotes_AVRStudio4.18SP3.txt

[Admin]

There is a new v4.19 for AVR Studio out:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/AvrStudio4Setup.exe
(124mb)

looking at the release notes, it's not an important upgrade so probably not worth your time:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/releasenotes_avrStudio419.txt

They also now offer an AVR tool-chain installer.
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/avr-toolchain-installer-3.3.0.710-win32.win32.x86.exe
(94mb)