Hey guys i was just wondering if there was any software that works the same way as the aurdunio serial port for a avr microcontroller such as Atmega8.
I really want to make a catalog of the acclerometer readings that i get.

 

Yes.

A Google for "Atmega 8 serial communication" provides several examples. This link http://www.elecdude.com/2012/05/serial-communication-using-avr-atmega8.html?m=1 includes the header file required.

Other articles describe how serial communications are accomplished. I am familiar with the SoftwareSerial library on the Arduino. Based on tshuck's post, it should help.

 

Serial communications on any microcontroller is a basic function.
You can write your own drivers in ASM or C with about ten lines of code.

 

can we use a software called Hyperterminal to display the values incoming via USB onto the computer? We can configure the Atmega8 via V-USB firmware and make it a USB device

 

Yes, you can use Hyperterminal to show serial data coming from an Atmel ATmega8.

Write software to send plain text to the serial port. Then use a SiLabs CP2102 serial to USB bridge to connect to Hyperterminal. The CP2102 will appear as a COM port on your PC.

 

Termite and RealTerm are applications that you may want to consider as alternatives to Hyperterminal especially as Microsoft no long supply Hyperterminal from Win 7 onwards.

 

One of these guys
+ Hyperterminal(the easiest to use) and you are good to go. You just have to install the drivers for the cp2102 and you can communicate with it
from the avr through UART.
Go to youtube and type in ' Patric hood daniel avr UART' and you will find a few detailed tutorials which will help you understand things more.

 

If I use V-USB firmware on my atmega8, can i still use hyperterminal to get my values?

 

Dunno , check this post out:
http://hackaday.com/2012/02/09/learning-to-use-the-v-usb-avr-usb-firmware-library/
It might contain what you want to know.