[sdiy] Microchip to acquire Atmel

[john slee]

On 17 February 2016 at 16:57, <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
> I'm assuming that the AVR compilers aren't as messed up as the PIC
compilers.

AVR has GNU gcc/binutils, and also avr-libc. That makes a hell of a lot of
things easier. Ready-to-run toolchain on every platform. It may not be
perfect, but it actually works and is trivial to setup. On the Mac:

0. install XCode and Homebrew if you don't already have it (trivial)
1. brew tap osx-cross/avr
2. brew install avr-{libc,binutils,gcc} avrdude
3. go have lunch while it installs

And you're done — compiler toolchain, some basic libraries and MCU flash
software.

I've not tried to use GNU gdb with AVR hardware but it's similarly easy to
install and I don't think getting it running is too difficult.

John
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