Kanda supply a range of AVR development kits, with different AVR board options, AVR ISP programmers and a different emulators, including JTAG ICE and AVR Dragon. This guide is written to help you choose the best AVR kit for your needs.

The first choice is to select your AVR board. Both boards have LEDS, switches, UART, LCD interface etc.

STK200	STK300
AVR Board for 8, 20, 28 and 40-pin AVR microcontrollers	AVR Board for 64-pin mounted AVR microcontrollers

Unless you have a specific project in mind that requires lots of pins and extra memory, the STK200 AVR board is the best for most people to start with.

Once you have selected your basic AVR board, STK200 or STK300, then your next choice is programmer or emulator (ICE) or both.


There are 3 hardware choices for AVR programming and debugging with STK200 and STK300 AVR board, depending on the target AVR microcontroller and your budget:

• AVRISP: USB In system programmer (AVR ISP) with its own software (but can be run from AVRStudio when required) for programming all AVR microcontrollers. AVRStudio Simulator can be used for debugging.
  
  
• AVR JTAGICE: In Circuit Emulator using JTAG Port and runs from AVRStudio software. It has limited AVR device support
  
  
• AVR DRAGON: AVR ISP and Emulator in one package. It is a bare board, but Kanda supply all leads and adapters required. Runs from AVRStudio software and has ISP, JTAG and DebugWire (for emulating smaller AVR devices)

USB AVR ISP, AVR JTAG ICE and AVR DRAGON are available separately if you already have an AVR board, see links at bottom of page.


All the AVR kits include AVRStudio, C compiler, sample code, schematics, instructions and books on CD to get you up and running with AVR development. So, whatever your choice of AVR board and ISP or ICE, you have all the information you need to get going with AVR microcontrollers.

1. SK200 and STK300: Basic low cost kits with USB AVR ISP programmer. Debug via AVRStudio Simulator
   
   
2. STK200ICE and STK300ICE: Includes USB AVR ISP programmer and USB AVR JTAG ICE. Limited number of devices can be used with emulator but it also includes AVR ISP, so you can program all AVR devices without using AVR Studio
   
   
3. STK200-DRAGON and STK300-DRAGON : Includes AVR DRAGON which is an ISP and Emulator for nearly all AVR devices. It can only run from AVRStudio

	STK200	STK200ICE	STK200 DRAGON	STK300	STK300ICE	STK300 DRAGON
Board	STK200	STK200	STK200	STK300	STK300	STK300
Programmer	AVRISP-U	AVRISP-U	AVR DRAGON	AVRISP-U	AVRISP-U	AVR DRAGON
Emulator	None	JTAG ICE	AVR DRAGON	None	JTAG ICE	AVR DRAGON
AVR Included	ATmega8515	ATmega16	ATmega16	ATmega128	ATmega128	ATmega128
ISP Support	All AVR except 90S	All AVR except 90S	All AVR except 90S	All AVR except 90S	All AVR except 90S	All AVR except 90S
ICE Support	None	(1)JTAG ICE support	All AVR with DebugWire or JTAG	None	(1)JTAG ICE support	All AVR with DebugWire or JTAG
Socket Support	8, 20, 28 and 40-pin AVR	8, 20, 28 and 40-pin AVR	8, 20, 28 and 40-pin AVR	64-pin AVR	64-pin AVR	64-pin AVR

We can supply other AVR microcontrollers with the kits if requested. Please contact sales

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for 8, 20, 28 and 40 PIN AVR Microcontrollers

STK200 AVR Kit	STK200 AVR Kit+ JTAGICE	STK200 AVR Board + AVR Dragon
STK200	STK200ICE	STK200-DRAGON

for 64 Pin AVR Microcontrollers

STK300 AVR Kit	STK300 AVR Board with AVR JTAG ICE	STK300 AVR Board with AVR DRAGON
STK300	STK300ICE	STK300-DRAGON

USB versions of AVR ISP, AVR JTAG ICE and AVR DRAGON available separately

USB AVR Programmer	USB AVR JTAGICE	USB AVR DRAGON
AVRISP-U	JTAGAVRU	AVR-DRAGON