[Avrusb-dev] restart AVR-USB interest

[Dean Hall]

Hello,

I would like to restart interest in this list and the goal of making  
open software for the AT43USB3XX devices.

My personal project is the '355 based AvrUpod over at avrfreaks:
http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php? 
module=FreaksAcademy&func=viewItem&item_type=project&item_id=322
I will be fabricating PCBs for this project pretty soon.  If anyone is  
interested in going in on a group order, please contact me directly (I  
should warn you, this is untested, solder-it-yourself hardware; there  
may be trace-cutting and signal rerouting involved; but at least I'm  
willing to share schematics and layout).

The AvrUpod is the first project toward my larger goal which is beyond  
the scope of this mailing list.  That goal, briefly, is to create a set  
of tools that allow me to design, develop and debug from my Mac (which  
has USB, but not a RS-232 port).  This larger goal breaks down into  
these smaller projects:
	1) A USB in-system programmer, the AvrUpod (JTAG is needed for gdb  
debugging later)
	2) Get avr-gcc going from within the Xcode IDE (done; instructions on  
the net, see google)
        3) Get AVaRICE (gdb over JTAG) going from within Xcode
With these 3 things in place, this should allow a pretty nice  
development environment for Mac users.  It will also allow me to  
continue developing PyMite, my flyweight Python interpreter for  
microcontrollers.

As you can see, I have a lot to do.  I hope there are some people  
willing to help; especially with the AvrUpod firmware, as it is the  
foundation of my goal.

!!Dean