How to use AVR template on Linux - tomas-fryza/avr-course GitHub Wiki
Installation
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Download and install Visual Studio Code source code editor.
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AVR template requires the following packages to be installed correctly:
sudo apt-get install git make avrdude putty doxygen doxygen-gui
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Download the latest toolchain AVR 8-bit Toolchain - Linux 64-bit from Microchip webpage, from this repository, or from Microchip's archive and extract all files to
/opt
directory:sudo tar -xzvf avr8-gnu-toolchain-3.6.2.1778-linux.any.x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt/
Usage
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Download and extract
Examples
folder from this repository to local computer. -
Start Visual Studio Code source code editor, open examples folder, and in
Examples/Makefile.in
enable and/or modify Linux parameters according to your local settings:## Linux PREFIX = /opt/avr8-gnu-toolchain-linux_x86_64 AVRDUDE = avrdude RM = rm -f # See "dmesg" command output USBPORT = /dev/ttyUSB0 ## Windows #PREFIX = C:\Appz\Avr\avr8-gnu-toolchain-win32_x86 #AVRDUDE = C:\Appz\Avr\avrdude.exe #RM = del ## See USB-SERIAL CH340 port in Device Manager #USBPORT = COM3
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In Visual Studio Code, open a new terminal in menu Terminal > New Terminal and change working directory to
Examples/blink
.cd Examples/blink ls
All processes are done with help of
Makefile
script file. The following commands allow compilation and programming:make all make flash make size make list make clean
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To create a new project, make a new directory within
Labs
folder and copy three filesmain.c
,Makefile
, andREADME.md
fromExamples/blink
project toLabs/new-project-folder
If your Arduino board (or clone) does not contain any bootloader, follow instructions at Instructables or Arduino webpages.
Install AVR Support extension in Visual Studio Code for AVR assembly language support.
Tested on operating systems
Version | Result (yyyy-mm-dd) | Note |
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Linux Mint 20.1, Ulyssa | OK (2021-06-28) | Office |
Linux Mint 20.1, Ulyssa | OK (2021-06-24) | Laptop |
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Focal Fossa | OK (2020-12-22) | Student, VirtualBox |
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Focal Fossa | OK (2020-12-10) | Student, Laptop |
Linux Mint 18.3, Sylvia | OK (2019-06-13) | Laptop |
Linux Mint 18.2, Sonya | OK (2019-05-17) | Lab SC 6.61 |
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, Bionic Beaver | OK (2019-05-15) | Office |
Ubuntu 16.04, Xenial Xerus | OK (2018-09-15) | Office |
# FYI: How to check OS version in Linux
cat /etc/os-release
# Or by Neofetch
neofetch