Hi Tim,
Thanks for the quick reply. Here's a summary of where I am and what I'm trying to do:
I have a Due that I'm trying to program and debug. I've been using VM for both (and it's great! Very impressive work). There are two things that I'm trying to get around: the slow serial upload speed and certain debugging features that VM doesn't seem to offer (yet?).
To avoid serial uploads, I've been trying to use the Atmel SAM-ICE over JTAG. SP5 seems to have fixed the corrupted-project problem from my last post - thanks! I still get an error on upload:
Uploader started for board Arduino Due (Programming Port)
Uploader sometimes uses programmer name: atprogram_atmelice_isp
Uploader will attempt to use programmer name: atprogram_atmelice_isp
C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Atmel Studio 6.2\atbackend\atprogram -d cortex-m3 -v -t atmelice -i ISP program -c -f duino_due_x_dbg\GccApplication2.hex"
Error during upload using programmer
[DEBUG] Starting execution of "program"
[DEBUG] Starting process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Atmel Studio 6.2\atbackend\atbackend.exe'
[DEBUG] Connecting to TCP:127.0.0.1:59405
[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying...
[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying...
[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying...
[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying...
[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying...
[ERROR] Could not find tool.
The uploader returned an error
I haven't spent a lot of time trying to research or fix this. Just reporting back on the new SP5.
Separately, there are debugging options that would be really nice to have in VM - namely, the ability to hover over variables during runtime and see their contents, and the ability to dynamically set/adjust/delete breakpoints without reuploading the whole project.
If I could solve either one of these problems, I'd be really happy, and if I could solve both, even better. I'm not worried about backwards compatibility with the native Arduino IDE - dunno if that helps at all.
I'm pretty new to all of this, so please let me know if I'm headed down the wrong path here.
Thanks for all your help!