This is a low cost USB-based JTAG programmer for ARM processors based on the OpenOCD platform.
If a board needs code or communicates somehow, you're going to need to know how to program or interface with it. The programming skill is all about communication and code.
Skill Level: Rookie - You will need a better fundamental understand of what code is, and how it works. You will be using beginner-level software and development tools like Arduino. You will be dealing directly with code, but numerous examples and libraries are available. Sensors or shields will communicate with serial or TTL.
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It's inexpensive as all get-out and it does work as well as the big-boys for a wide range of tasks (Just don't expect it to be a barn-burner for the same.)
Any chance that Sparkfun will stock the high speed version with adaptive clock?
http://olimex.com/dev/arm-usb-tiny-h.html
Olimex price both standard and 'H' version the same.
I was also looking for the arm-usb-tiny-h and surprised Sparkfun wasn't carrying it. I tried here first, but will be going elsewhere to get it.
At $60, the Segger J-Link Edu is a much better product (assuming you are not developing a commercial product.). Will Sparkfun carry this item?
I have a question- what are the differences between JTAG programmers? I've found a HUGE price differential between high and low. What's the deal?
I assume this is the high-speed version (ARM-USB-TINY-H), since that's the Olimex page that is linked to above.
Or is it the version with the built-in power-supply (ARM-USB-OCD) and serial port? That's the product brochure that comes up when you click on the link above.
This adapter could also be used to program PIC32 microcontrollers. Try pic32prog utility: http://code.google.com/p/pic32prog/wiki/README
Burned two days trying to get this to work in windows. Never did figure it out. Bought a JLink and was programming/debugging in 10 minutes.
Yeah, a J-Link is also $300, unless you qualify for a $60 J-Link EDU.
I can't find this anywhere, here or on Olimex's site: does this debugger support the SWD protocol on the newer STM32F10XXX Cortex-M3 processors?
is this one can be used for the Blue Screen development board?
Yes, it does -- it comes with a CD with software and with a 20-pin cable (about 8-inch long, looks like).
Does this come with the 2x10 cable?
All i see is:
Uses ARM's standard 2x10 pin JTAG connector
I got this programmer because I needed a USB version to replace my parallel port one. With the supplied CD I was programming/debugging a SAM7H64 board from Olimex in less than 30 minutes.