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Now that I have code that should run on my ATmega328p, I need to compile it! I can do this with the avr-gcc program. It controls physical pins 14 thru 19 (mapping to bits 0-5) //setting a bit to 0 means the pin is set to input mode, setting to 1 means it's output //setting it to volatile to alert the compiler this variable can change outside //my code, so it doesn't optimize out this value #define DDRB *((volatile unsigned char *)0x24) this is a pointer to the location in memory at hex 0x24 //this is the Data-direction register for PortB. This is a pointer to the location in memory at hex number 0x25 //it is a 1-byte register defined by ATmega328p that controls the physical pins 14 thru 19 (mapping to bits 0-5) //setting a bit to 0 means it's set to low, setting a bit to 1 means it's high //setting it to volatile to alert the compiler this variable can change outside //my code, so it doesn't optimize out this value #define PORTB *((volatile unsigned char *)0x25) Below is my final result, with comments explaining it.

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Happily, Mitch Davis’ playlist walks you through how to write C code without using the Arduino SDK. In my case, I don’t want to hide the complexity though, so it’s gonna get more complicated. It has a bunch of C libraries that hide a lot of the complexity of programming an MCU. The reason it worked in the Arduino IDE is because the IDE isn’t JUST a text editor. It doesn’t know what digitalwrite() or any other function is, it doesn’t have a main() function, it’s just a mess. So when I copy the standard blink.ino file into Visual Studio Code, I get a ton of errors. Without the Arduino IDE, I no longer have access to the Arduino SDK.

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And since I’m skipping debugging on-chip, I don’t have to worry about any custom debug software that I would need to incorporate into whatever IDE I choose. It has a built-in terminal too, so I’m sure I can figure out how to use all the other tools in here. I’ve been using Visual Studio Code for a while, and am comfortable moving around in it. The bootloader is a bit of code that lets you plug the Uno directly into the computer, and load custom code on the ATmega328p without extra hardware. And Arduino doesn’t need a separate programmer like when I program the ATmega328p directly, because ATmega328p microcontrollers that are on Arduino Unos come pre-programmed with a bootloader. Since this project is mainly a first-step-into-microcontrollers, and I plan on expanding into STM32 and other microcontrollers, I think I’ll skip on the debug portion of this toolchain.Īrduino doesn’t support on-chip debugging, so they just skip that part of the toolchain. You can only use this protocol by buying extra pieces of hardware, some of which can be pretty spendy (Atmel-ICE is 160 at the time of this writing). I did some research, and it looks like AVR microcontrollers (which the ATmega328 is a member of) have a proprietary protocol called debugWIRE that allows on-chip debugging. From my understanding, the “debug adapter” is somewhat similar to the AVR programmer I’m using, in that it’s a physical piece of hardware that communicates between the USB port of my computer, and the individual pins of the ATmega328p. It’s a code editor, has a built in SDK, and compiles/links the code. The Arduino IDE implements the first couple items.

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debug software - runs on your computer and connects through the adapter driver and debug adapter to the debugging features on the MCU.

debug adapter - a physical piece of hardware, converts programming and debugging signals from your computer to the format understandable by the MCU.

Adapter driver - a driver on your computer that talks to the debug adapter.

Compiler/linker - Converts the application code into a binary which can be executed by the target MCU.

AKA a library/framework that abstracts some aspects of developing for the given MCU to make it easier to program

a code editor - something on your computer to edit your code.

Note - this is all done on an Ubuntu machine, so instructions are for linux, not windowsĪccording to the embedded for everyone wiki, there’s an embedded toolchain you have to build up in order to actually program and debug an embedded system. Programming an ATmega328p without the Arduino IDE.Directly Programming an ATmega328p from an Arduino Uno.

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This is a part of my series on programming atmega328p

figure out if there’s any other things I have to download or run?.

download AVRdude so I can send my compiled code to the ATmega328p.

download avr-gcc so I can compile my code.

either write C code without any AVR-specific libraries, or find a SDK.

pick a different IDE for writing my code.

So no more using tools that arduino IDE downloaded for me! My rough plan is as follows: Now that I have an AVR programmer and the ATmega328p on its own breadboard (as I documented here), I want to remove my dependence on the Arduino IDE download.