This post answers the question of if it possible to program an Atmel AVR Raven board with avrdude or not. Yes, it is possible.
My question is which programmers will work with the Atmel Raven + avrdude? I'm trying to avoid buying the $300+ AVR JTAGICE mkII. There are clones available for $50 (for example the AVR-ISP500 from Olimex).
Can anyone confirm having used a clone programmer with avrdude to program the Atmel Raven boards? Which programmer(s)?
Best Answer
Any programmer/debugger that supports the AVR controllers on the Raven boards should be suitable, I'd use an AVR Dragon ($50) instead of the specified JTAG ICE Mk II. Clones like that one available from Olimex only support programming, not debugging.
The JTAG ICE Mk II might still be available for half-price from Arrow.