So far I have been using the Baby-O with AVR Studio 6.2 with the Pololu programmer
As I do not use the 1A outputs very often I was looking into the A-Star Micro
In the user guide there is a section about programming
Using Arduino IDE
Using AVR Dude
As the A-Star micro has the ISP headers available I wonder why there is not a reference to programming it with AVR Studio 6.2 and an AVRISP programmer.
Yes, the A-Stars can be programmed with an AVR programmer, which is mentioned under the “Connectors” heading in “A-Star 32U4 Micro pinout and components” section of the A-Star 32U4 User’s Guide. Since you already have our Pololu AVR Programmer, you should be able to program the A-Star microcontrollers with it. You can look at the “Programming AVRs Using Atmel Studio 6” section of the AVR Programmer’s user’s guide for details on how to use your programmer to program the ATmega32U4 on the A-Star microcontrollers.