Olimex AVR-JTAG (seriell) dead (?) / reanimation needed

Dear folks,

I need some help with my beloved Olimex AVR-JTAG-L (seriell) which I purchased 2 months ago. It worked fine - until now.

Suddenly while debugging it decided to switch of it’s LED and from this on AVR Studio never again got any connection to the device.

  • RS232 port is fine / tested loopback

  • target board Vcc is fine / measured 5.09 Volts at JTAG Vcc

  • nothing short circuited on target board

  • JTAG pins of target were not used by program @ crash

I think I have tested everything that might be a reason for that I have killed my Olimex JTAG due to obvious mistakes.

Would you please share your experiences at this topic with me?

Is there any way to get the AVR-JTAG-L back to life?

If yes, what are the neccessary steps to do so?

Please help me. I will not be able to afford another jtagger for the next few months, so a nonexpensive reanimation is of stressed importance to me.

Yours sincerly,

JanHH