Atmel-ICE 50% Off - Page 1
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author: deepskyridge
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:38:08 pm
content: Microchip has the Atmel-ICE full kit available for 50% off, throught Feb-28.Coupon Code: TP1747I just purchased one for $65.I have no connection or affiliation with Microchip.Gary

author: dcarr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:56:27 pm
content: Do any of the open source tools work with Atmel-ICE?

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:12:54 pm
content: I have had all kinds of trouble with mine - still trying to figure out if it is not a good tool or if there is something I am doing wrong.It worked, then it didn't. Then it worked again. Now it doesn't. I 'fixed' it by adding PID/VID filters, sort of.Right now I cannot get it to function at all in Atmel Studio or avrdude for programming 8bit devices. Really hoping to get the debugwire on the ICE to work (which is why I got it)

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:16:33 pm
content: Quote from: dcarr on February 08, 2018, 05:56:27 pmFor the ARM side, Atmel-ICE is yet another CMSIS-DAP debug probe, so OpenOCD would work OOB. On the AVR side, AFAIK you need to build the current trunk of avarice with libhidapi and libusb-1.0.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:21:01 pm
content: Quote from: rx8pilot on February 08, 2018, 06:12:54 pmCheck the USB power delivery since this thing can draw a lot of power. What is your machine/motherboard? Have you tried inserting an externally powered USB Hub in between? Is your device on the latest firmware?Mine always worked. My machines are a MacBook Pro and a Hackintosh based on Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H motherboard. All of my USB hubs are externally powered too.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 07:00:34 pm
content: Quote from: technix on February 08, 2018, 06:21:01 pmThe latest effort it was connected to a powered USB3 hub, Atmel Studio forced a firmware update which was successful.In the heat of the moment, I had to push it off to the side and use an old Atmel AVR ISP MKII just to get boards programmed. Still hoping to get the debug to work for development.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 07:11:18 pm
content: Quote from: rx8pilot on February 08, 2018, 07:00:34 pmMaybe test it later on that powered USB hub. It should be working by now.

author: JustMeHere
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2018, 04:52:31 am
content: Quote from: dcarr on February 08, 2018, 05:56:27 pmATMEL Studio is free. IMO the way you pay for ATMEL Studio is to buy one of their programmers/debuggers.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2018, 05:15:44 am
content: Oh, bother. I thought the yearly discount was last December as I had been waiting for it, but this is a much better discount. I could have saved myself 35 bucks. I haven't even used the kit since I bought it.

author: JoeO
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2018, 10:42:40 am
content: Link to order the Atmel ICE:http://www.microchip.com/developmenttools/productdetails.aspx?partno=atatmel-ice&utm_source=MicroSolutions&utm_medium=Link&utm_term=FY18Q1&utm_content=DevTools&utm_campaign=Article

author: djnz
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 10:08:59 am
content: I cannot believe how flimsy the supplied cables are. Not made to last AT ALL. AVR ISP mk2, ST Link V2 cables are of far superior quality.

author: technix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 10:43:53 am
content: Quote from: djnz on February 15, 2018, 10:08:59 amThat filmsiness of the cables comes with the 1.27mm insulation displacement connector, as specified in the CoreSight debug interface.

author: asmi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 02:20:50 pm
content: Quote from: djnz on February 15, 2018, 10:08:59 amYou can easily make replacement cables. Infact this is what I've done as bundled cable was too short.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2018, 04:50:14 pm
content: Quote from: djnz on February 15, 2018, 10:08:59 amThe cable supplied on the tiny header is a bad design choice. Have they ever used this on a real bench?

author: Gibson486
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2018, 02:52:55 pm
content: Awww man....we used these at my last job. POS. They worked, then mysteriously, they just stopped working. We ended up just buying over a dozen of them because we needed a back up to the back up. Then when those broke, we bought a few board only ones to replace the boards in the broken units. Then I got an intern to look up how to reset them to get them working again. It was this nasty cycle.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2018, 06:09:42 pm
content: I've never had much issue with the Atmel ICE generally (no more so than with any other debugger/IDE, anyway), but the cable situation is definitely annoying. A while ago I made a PCB that plugs into the end of the ICE and provides 100-mil headers so that standard 6/10-pin AVRISP cables and more reasonable 100-mil squid cables can be used. It also corrects the pinout from the stupid backwards one Atmel has so that more readily-available straight-through 50mil ribbon cables can be used.The design is shared onOSH Park, and I can share the Altium/gerber files if anyone wants as well.

author: Gibson486
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 16, 2018, 06:16:08 pm
content: Quote from: ajb on February 16, 2018, 06:09:42 pmLOL....that is awesome!

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2018, 12:38:55 am
content: Quote from: Gibson486 on February 16, 2018, 02:52:55 pmGlad I am not the only one.....I only have one and never know what to expect.

author: donotdespisethesnake
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2018, 08:43:06 am
content: Quote from: Gibson486 on February 16, 2018, 02:52:55 pmWhat is the trick to resetting them?

author: Gibson486
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2018, 02:01:52 am
content: Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on February 18, 2018, 08:43:06 amSomething about downgrading then upgrading the firmware again. Not sure. I had to give him busy work, so that is what I had around at that time. i would have cared, but we were about to start moving over to STM32 micros. People are mentioning the cables, so I wonder if the cable was the issue the whole time and it just magically worked when he tried his solution. Regardless, I so do not miss that platform.

author: Neganur
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 21, 2018, 10:57:48 am
content: Estimated shipping date end of May...? Ugh

author: JustMeHere
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2018, 05:00:56 am
content: Quote from: Neganur on February 21, 2018, 10:57:48 amI got mine in two days even though the estimated shipping date was May.