WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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Hi all:
I'd like to try programming AVRs outside of Arduino, so read with interest the Adafruit tutorial here: http://www.ladyada.net/learn/avr/index.html, which advises to obtain the latest WinAVR, with a link to sourceforge.

However, the latest package at sourceforge is over 4 years old, which seems suspect -- surely the constituent packages have moved on since then, not to mention the chips? Is this still the recommended setup for Windows? If not, what is?

Thanks! -- Graham

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Re: WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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If you're using Windows, you may as well go with Atmel Studio: http://www.atmel.com/microsite/atmel_studio6/

Atmel has done a good job of being hobbyist-friendly in the past few years, so their IDE and code libraries are well-supported and free. They sell some add-on services like repository hosting, but the everyday hobbyist can work happily without them.

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Re: WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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Thanks for the reply. Sounds good, I'll go with Atmel Studio. Perhaps your tutorial could be updated accordingly?

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Actually, those are legacy pages. We keep them online to avoid creating dead links all over the web, but our new documentation lives over in the Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/

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Re: WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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It would be helpful if the outdated tutorial pages were replaced with redirects or links to the new pages. Dead links are bad, but obsolete tutorials are worse.

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Re: WinAVR: Is this still the way to go?

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WinAVR is far from obsolete. It's much faster to use for some small projects than the resource-heavy Studio 6. It's easier to customize and great for quick and dirty little projects. I use it much more frequently than I use Atmel's tools.

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