[sdiy] Microchip to acquire Atmel

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

Thanks!

I love the idea of using the ability of Xcode to host foreign compilers. Plus, I'm already familiar with that editor. MPLAB X has experienced a few growing pains…

Brian


On Feb 17, 2016, at 11:14 AM, john slee <indigoid at oldcorollas.org> wrote:
> 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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