Programming MCU
Programming Atmel ATmega8l microcontroller Intro For the next article I've decided to go further into the hardware. For my next project I've chosen to program a micro controller (MCU). I've got no experience with MCUs before and this article will show my whole process. First steps My colleague advised me a usb-avr programmer which is compatible with AVR Atmel micro controllers. So I ordered this usb-avr programmer, ATmega8L microcontroller, some resistors, leds and a breadboard. I prefer using IDEs (syntax highlights, build from one place, save time and trees) so I chose Eclipse. There is a nice tutorial how to setup an Eclipse plugin for avr programming, but mainly you just need to install these libraries. gcc-avr -> library for use with GCC on Atmel AVR micro controllers binutils-avr -> cross compiling version of GNU binutils gdb-avr -> GDB for (remote) debugging avr binaries avr-libc -> C library for use with GCC on Atmel AVR micro controlle