AVR STK500 or PICkit 2 Debug Express

[cwickham]

Just wondering which one you would get and why

thanks
craig

 

[blueroomelectronics]

Apples & Oranges. It's a personal choice they both do similar things.

 

[Leftyretro]

Get both and you can play in both worlds

 

[futz]

Just wondering which one you would get and why

A much fairer comparison would be AVR Dragon versus PICkit 2. The STK500 is old, and a bit clunky compared to the much more modern Dragon. The AVR Dragon and the PICkit 2 are similar in many ways, but the Dragon has more programming/debugging modes than the PICkit 2 because AVR's are commonly programmed/debugged in so many ways.

 

[Leftyretro]

I guess I'm a little confused about the question. The two development programmers being compared are designed for two totally different series and manufacture of chips, Microchip vs AVR.

I would think that first one would have to choose which chips series they are going to target and then compare the different programmers available for only that specific chip manufacture. Comparing different AVR programmers to different PIC programmers is, as already stated a apple to oranges comparison. Or is there something I'm missing? (as usual!)

 

[silvarblade]

pic has more support in that the best pic programmer can be cloned(easily accessible for people where microchip does not provide services) and the dragon because of less market penetration is less popular. performance wise i wouldnt rate the dragon to behind