# $Id: NEWS,v 1.11 2007/10/29 23:35:37 joerg_wunsch Exp $

Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.7
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New CPU support added:
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. AT90PWM2B/AT90PWM3B (same as AT90PWM2/3 but different signature)
. ATmega325/3250/645/6450

New features added:
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. Software breakpoints are now also supported when using JTAG.

Summary of important bug fixes:
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. Complete overhaul of the USB communication, making it much more
  robust, and less resource-consuming.

. DebugWire bug fix submittted by Shaun Jackman.


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Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.6
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New CPU support added:
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. ATmega164P/324P (removed non-existing ATmega164/324)

New features added:
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. Support of the AVR Dragon (both, JTAG and debugWire)

Summary of important bug fixes:
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. Don't fork the USB daemon with the libusb handle open;
  instead, re-open the connection in the child.  Fixes issues
  with MacOS X and Cygwin.

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Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.5
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New CPU support added:
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. AT90USB1287
. ATmega2560/2561
. debugWIRE AVRs (ATmega48/88/168, ATtiny13, ATtiny2313, AT90PWM2/3,
  ATtiny24/44, ATtiny25/45, ATtiny261/461/861)

New features added:
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. JTAG daisy chainging
. basic debugWIRE support (still limited to four breakpoints; known
  to occasionally cause trouble over USB, works better over RS-232)

Summary of important bug fixes:
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. fix ucAllowFullPageBitstream for ATmega640/1280/1281, AT90CAN128
. fix device descriptors, in particular EEPROM access on recent AVRs

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[Versions up to AVaRICE 2.4 did not have a NEWS file entry.]