The AVR Open Source Programmer （AVROSP） is an AVR programmer application

　　equivalent to the AVRProg tool included in AVR Studio. It is a command-line tool，

　　using the same syntax as the other command-line tools in AVR Studio.

　　The open source code and its modular design make it easy to port the application

　　to other platforms and to add support for other programmer types and

　　communication channels. Currently， AVROSP supports the programmers

　　described in AVR109 and AVR910 through the standard PC serial port. The

　　application note describes how to add more support.

　　AVROSP reads and writes Intel HEX files， and can use an existing AVR Studio

　　installation to get required device parameters. This means that AVROSP

　　automatically supports all devices supported by AVR Studio. No update is required

　　for future AVR devices other than keeping your AVR Studio installation up to date.