John Chung wrote:

>Do you own one? Any feedback on the quality?
>
>John
>  
>

I have one that I used 4 or 5 hours on a mega48 project. It's pretty slick.

Installation was painless.  Much easier than an ICD2.

No major defects that I've found.  I did have a couple instances where I 
struggled for a few minutes to get it to connect to my target, but later 
found out that a power cycle of my target may be required when enabling 
debugwire.  At this point, I give the dragon the benefit of the doubt 
and chalk it up to user error.

I will say the dragon seems to be faster than the ICD2 when used for 
debugging.  No long, annoying pauses while things get updated.

When used for ISP programming, it is much faster than my old serial port 
ATAVRISP.

I wish the packaging included an enclosure instead of just a board.  It 
doesn't even have holes in the corners for me to add some plastic 
standoffs for mounting to a more rugged surface.  Also doesn't come with 
a USB cable nor any documentation, but at least the documetation in AVR 
Studio is sufficient. 

If you get one make sure you get the service pack 4 for AVRStudio as it 
has some related fixes. 

For $49 you can't go wrong.

Aaron
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