I’ve been wanting to tinker with the new micros for a long time, but with the price of the jtag tools so expensive (like Wiggler, segger, etc) I just stood by the sidelines…
Now with great projects like OpenOCD and UrJTAG/OpenWince, it seems lots of inexpensive hardware options are out there… usbprog3, olimex, Amontec etc.
I don’t have a target micro yet, but is there any consensus on a jtag board that supports a wide variety of devices? I don’t need fast performance, but I’d like to debug on an arm7, avr32, and an even fpga would be nice.
Anyone have any thoughts on running OpenOCD on an Altera Usb-Blaster (FTDI 232BM)? they seem to be pretty plentiful on ebay, but perhaps a more popular choice exists?
Also, is UrJtag generally considered not quite as developed as OpenOCD? I see several hobby hardware that is capable of running either…
Thanks!