I downloaded studio 4. I think I'm making progress. I managed to get it to recognize the devise. when i try to program the devise however, i get the following output.
Getting isp parameter.. SD=0x06 .. OKOK
Reading FLASH input file.. OK
Setting mode and device parameters.. OK!
Entering programming mode.. OK!
Erasing device.. OK!
Programming FLASH .. OK!
Reading FLASH .. OK!
FLASH contents is equal to file.. OK
Leaving programming mode.. OK!
It obviously burns something to the chip cause the backlight on my display turns on. however nothing else works as it should.
My .hex file is named: HPA.cpp.hex. Does that sound right? I am using the doglcd library on this, but i don"t believe that should matter once it's compiled. Is there a way to directly load the c++ file that IDE generates?