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AVR Studio 4.18 SP2 Build 700 release

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2725

Original Release note (AVR Studio 4.18 register required)

Welcome to AVR Studio 4.18 Service Pack 2 (02/2010)
Part support
The following new parts have been added to AVR Studio since 4.18 SP1:
- AT90PWM1, ATtiny40 programming support.

New Features
QT600 CLI (QT600.exe, Command Line Interface) with TPI support
STK600 CLI (STK600.exe) added TPI support
AVRISPmkII CLI (STK500.exe) added TPI support

Bug Fixes
11075 - Setting of STK600 Aref with max resolution is tricky
10765 - Cosmetic errors in the tiny20 register descriptions
10764 - Some registers missing from tiny20 I/O view
10724 - avrone.exe does not handle - J
10763 - Can't read tiny20 Oscillator Calibration Byte with STK600
11128 - STK500.exe CLI -ae option not working
11218 - Update online help for stk500.exe with XMEGA commands
11168 - XMEGA RTC clock source in I/O-view confusing
11176 - ATtiny5 has wrong signature
11207 - STK500 Firmware issue with latest AVR Studio
10883 - AT90PWM316 Clock Fuses selection is not right
11052 - ATmega88PA is not in the list of supported parts for the STK500
11265 - Bugs in XML part description files ATmega162 and AT90CAN128
11030 - JTAGICE mkII autodetect crash with XMEGA
11131 - STK500 forced firmware downgrade
10641 - AVR ONE! upgrade crashes
10558 - Starting AVRDragon debugger on ATmega128 starts endless loop
10926 - AVR ONE! incorrect help version
10912 - AVR ONE! unable to connect to mega168A in programming dialog
10624 - Error loading debug code on Xmega device with AVR Dragon
10524 - 64-bit watch values >= 2**32 become 0xffffffff
10854 - Vista issues opening COFF files in AVR Studio 4.18
10235 - Scomm.dll not found during installation
11206 - ISP and JTAG Fuse should not be writeable when using QT600 Programmer
10886 - Channel Control Register for ADC in XMEGA16D4
11298 - Loading an ELF file in programming dialog crashes Studio

Known Issues
11160 - ATmega8 problem with Waveform Generation Mode bits -> AVR Tools-Simulator-Known
Issues
Note
Windows 95 is no longer supported by AVR Studio. The most recent version that supported
Windows 95 was AVR Studio 4.12 SP3.
Windows 98 is no longer supported by AVR Studio. The most recent version that supported
Windows 98 was AVR Studio 4.16 SP1.

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Wiring 0026, new release

Release note on 0026

ABOUT REV 0026

- Fix problem with gcc distribution, many class constructors weren't working

- Minor fixes for include files

- Reference update

ABOUT REV 0025

- Maintenance release

- Fix PWM pins 29, 30 1nd 31 not working 

- Fix tone() noTone() methods

- Reference update
ABOUT REV 0024
- antlr preprocessor removed
- Floats print bug fixed
- New examples for portMode, portRead and portWrite added
- Servo library update by Michael Margolis
- Fast digitalWrite added as an inline function to test it (Paul Stoffregen, Michael Margolis)
- Added support for new Wiring hardware atmega1281/2561 microcontrollers, timers, interrupts etc.
- New AVR Toolchain Wiring distribution for Windows / OSX / Linux
- bootloader support for atmega1281/2561 microcontrollers
- Add character classification and conversion functions to the API and reference
- Include for Wire library was renamed from TwoWire.h to Wire.h, check and update old sketches
  for the new include name, or delete it and use the menu Sketch -> Import Library -> Wire, this
  will add the proper include to the sketch.
- Other Math functions added to the reference
- Added library Timer2
- Fix Save As when sketch has schematics
- Add tone() and noTone() commands from Brett Hagman
- Fix background for schematics

http://www.wiring.org.co

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Arduino-0018 Release annoucement (Win32 / MacOSX / Linux)

0018 – 2010.01.29

[core / libraries]

* Added tone() and noTone() functions for frequency generation.
* Added Serial.end() command.
* Added precision parameter for printing of floats / doubles.
* Incorporated latest version of Firmata.
* Fixed bug w/ disabling use of the RW pin in the LiquidCrystal library.
* No longer disabling interrupts in delayMicroseconds().
* Fixed bug w/ micros() returning incorrect values from within an interrupt.
* Fixed bug that broke use of analog inputs 8-15 on the Mega.

[environment]

* Synchronized with the Processing 1.0.9 code base, bringing various fixes,
? including to a bug causing saving to fail when closing the last sketch.

* Added support for third-party hardware in the SKETCHBOOK/hardware folder,
? mirroring the current structure of the hardware folder in Arduino.

* Added Ctrl-Shift-M / Command-Shift-M shortcut for serial monitor.

* Hold down shift when pressing the Verify / Compile or Upload toolbar
? buttons to generate verbose output (including command lines).

* Moving build (on upload) from the applet/ sub-folder of the sketch
? to a temporary directory (fixing problems with uploading examples from
? within the Mac OS X disk image or a Linux application directory).

* Fixed bug the prevented the inclusion of .cpp and .h (or .c and .h) files
? of the same name in a sketch.

* Improved the Mac OS X disk image (.dmg): added a shortcut to the
? Applications folder, a background image with arrow, and new FTDI drivers.

Windows: http://files.arduino.cc/downloads/arduino-0018.zip

Mac OS X: http://files.arduino.cc/downloads/arduino-0018.dmg

Linux: http://arduino.cc/files/arduino-0013-linux2.tgz

Worapoht K., report

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WINAVR 20100110 Release now..

Release Name: 20100110

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68108

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Wiring BootloaderV2 (STK500V2 compatible) for Wiring board

Update your current Wiring board’s bootloader to V2 (support since Wiring 0014) here

http://www.avride.com/article/wiring

You also need AVR ISP programmer to update bootloader, such as AVRISP MkII or others.

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AVR TV is a new series of PODcasts

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AVR TV is a new series of PODcasts produced by Atmel?s AVR design centre in Trondheim, Norway.
AVR TV will publish two main types of issues at an irregular rate:

1. Regular issues: short newsflash-type of episode with general stuff from the world of AVR. Duration: Less than 10 min.
2. Special issues: More in-depth material about chosen topics; demos, tutorials etc. Duration: Can be longer than 10 min.

at http://www.avrtv.com

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Lilypad Arduino, little sister of Arduino

The LilyPad Arduino is a microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles. It can be sewn to fabric and similarly mounted power supplies, sensors and actuators with conductive thread. The board is based on the ATmega168V (the low-power version of the ATmega168)

Arduino: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad

on Makezine: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/lilypad_arduino.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

article on University of Colorado at Boulder: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/projects/e-textile_kit/e-textile_kit2.html

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I Make Things Blog: by Bre Pettis

Bre Pettis is a Seattle-based artist who makes things and interviews people about innovation, invention and all things DIY.

also?Arduino , Weekend project..

http://www.imakethings.com/

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AvrOspII Version 5.47 released

http://www.esnips.com/web/AtmelAVR?

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Update 5.45?: Added optional BootExit command to the OSPII protocol. Corrected the table jump code for devices with extended memory.

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TinkerProxy connectivity software

http://tinker.it/now/2007/05/11/tinkerproxy-for-windows/

The TinkerProxy provides a socket server connection to route messages to whatever tcp socket enabled application.

This serial proxy for arduino (and other serials, of course, as it also works with bluetooth mapped COMs) will allow you to connect your arduino boards to other software such as Flash and other apps that don?t support direct reading of serial ports.

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