For those that cannot get it working: I had no output in Microchip Studio (that's what Atmel Studio is called now), so I went to avrdude directory and clicked on it. Apparently I had no admin rights to execute it. So I copied the whole bin folder with avrdude to desktop, adjusted the path to point to this folder and now it works like a charm! Great tutorial, I enjoyed it.
Great video. Thanks! :) .. for those whose current arguments show error, here's the updated one: -C"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM3 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).hex":i Change the com port accordingly.
Exactly what I was looking for. Wanted to use my arduino nano, but didn't want to use arduino IDE. Most other tutorial only use the atmega chip in a breadboard; also not what I was looking for. Thank you.
For new beginners that are just copying and paste the parameter values into External tools, remember to add a space between the parameter and the parameter values Eg. -b value etc.
Thank you very much for a very simple overview of using Atmel Studio 7 with Uno 3. ' It greatly helps to both have the Arduino IDE and Atmel Studio 7 when you want to teach simple stuff to kids/beginners and switch to Atmel Studio when you want to develop / troubleshoot new code / time critical code for later library use which needs advanced debugging features.
You have accomplished what Atmel refuses to do, Give a precise tutorial on how to get Studio 7 to work with Arduino environment. I deleted Studio 7 a long time ago because of their complete blunder with Arduino but because of your precise tutorial I just might have to give another crack at it. Thank you and YES!, you deserve a thumbs up for filling a gape which Atmel refused to do in the first place.
Well, I am almost 51 and you have done me a great service. I have been looking for a couple days on how to set up my Arduino projects in either AmtelStudio or PlatformIO, both of which does not give error free ways of getting it to work with a basic Uno board. This video was indeed the answer with AmtelStudio the winner for me (thanks to you). I am now a subscriber as well. Thank you sir. I wish you great success.
Nice tutorial. I also tested STK500 programmer (this is loaded on arduino if you choose: ArduinoISP sketch) with atmel studio in the same maner. This way you do not need bootloader.
Excellent stuff, thanks for sharing that! @Command-Parameters: Haven't read all the comments, so in case it wasn't mentioned yet: In your command parameters _$(ProjectDir)Debug_ adds the release-target-directory as a constant. You can also use the _$(TargetDir)_ macro which adds the full project path *including* the selected Target-path. The flash-portion of the tool-parameters would then read ... -Uflash:w:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).hex":i
Man, you make this look easy... For some reason, despite learning how to program a Freescale MCU using Codewarrior in college, the thought of using Atmel Studio on an Arduino worried me. Might have to dip my toes in the water if it is this easy to do.
Hi. I recently wanted to do the same trick on my own, but decided to first look for a ready solution and immediately found your video. The solution works, thank you. Permit me a small correction -- you suggest the Debug subdir in the command line parameters, but this won't work for Release builds (and this is probably why some readers weren't able to do the trick). Instead I suggest the following path: -Uflash:w:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).hex":i It works for both Debug and Release builds -- tested. Thanks again.
Just one request: use the lowest screen resolution you can for code so that people watching this on phones can read the text. There's a huge area of white background in most of this video. Thank you for the very clear and informative tutorials though.
i see that the arduino IDE is somewhat spartan, but so are most of our everyday arduino projects. so i think the efficiency gain from using the atmel studio with all its learning curve and missing high level libraries only comes for some seriously badass projects. personally i prefer to use atom editor with the platformIO plugin to get a somewhat nicer and more sophisticated environment, while still keeping the high level programming features up and running. however for people who are intrinsically interested in embedded systems, i totally see the magic pull of wanting to explore lower and lower levels to really get the best understand of what is going on :) i just need some control loops and shuffling some sensor data from here to there, so i guess i will keep my system for now.
Great Video, you are a very good teacher, I am using your videos to make make a similar drone like yours, and this tutorials in Arduino are awesome, I bought a book on the topic. Programming AVR, some of the stuff said there is similar to what you say in your own videos. Thanks a lot ! Greetings from Monterrey, Mexico !
Waw... Very clear and wel spoken. I hope it works, it's still downloaden and installing. I like the fact that it's just Microsoft Visual Studio. Using that for years.... lol
Joop, you are crazy smart. I really enjoy watching your videos, however it's kind of discouraging because I don't know if I will ever be as skilled as you. Much respect and thanks for sharing, Peter
Don't let yourself be discouraged. A couple of years ago I started completely blank with the Arduino boards. But I was really eager to try and learn new stuff. And after years of failure I can now help and motivate others :-)
I really enjoy watching your videos and I'm grateful for the motivation you provide. I went to your website and wanted to donate because I'm building the balancing robot now. I found your statement about donating the amount that I want to donate to a worthy charity. I think that is very cool and quite generous. Thanks for all of your efforts, you are a cool guy!
Looking at the GUI(even the name gives it out :D) it's a "rebranded" Visual Studio with Atmel's toolchain. Since I'm very familiar with VS i might switch
Your arguments to switch to the AMTEL Studio are very convincingly. Please let me ask you and other youtubers about experience in AMTEL Studio in a Virtual Machine (Oralcle VM VirtualBox). I believe to have a pretty quick notebook, but to compile and transfer Programs from the Notebook to the Arduino takes a very long time just Blink program may takes 5 Mins), anything seams to goes wrong. Thats the reason to check, if maybe to use a virtual machine, just with windows and the Studio software will work faster and better. Any Idea?
goedendag Joop,, very nice video. Because I have an arduino mega I tried to do this exercise based on the ATmega2560 device, which is used for the Arduino Mega - and, It works! Excellent!
This is interesting, but I still think that buying Atmel-ICE is totally worth it as you can use any Atmel MCU with it, including their ARM-based MCUs when you need more horsepower than 328p can provide.
Very informative video ! I installed the Atmel Studio 7 on my PC, to follow your tutorial here, as I want to try out a more efficient code IDE. My version of Arduino IDE is the latest ver : 1.8.2 (@ date of writing), and it works absolutely fine and I got the same result as in your tutorial. Please note, that when you show the start of the Atmel Studio project, you dont mention to select the second option "GCC C Executable Project". This option is however shadowed indicating you selceted it. By "logic" I first selected the Arduino sketch option, and ran into deep trouble ...
Hi i had the following question, Can the Arduino Due be programmed in the same way in Microchip/Atmel Studio by following the same instructions like in this video ? Or another process has to be chosen in this case ? Greetings
Thanks for showing how to do this. It really helps. 1 small request. when making videos where you show code/programming, please zoom in to the code so these videos can also be seen on a mobile device. thanks again mate.
thank you to share, very useful but very difficult to follow instructions in your video because video very low definition, but excellent explanation congratulations
Thanks Master! i just start microcontroller for the course Microcontroller at 3 semester; i manage everything but the led does not blink, only light up, hope in the practice i am gonna fix that but thanks so much i really wanted to do the course with an arduino buy programming in avr c! :D
Hi Joop! Do you think that if you were to do your arduino quadcopter using the atmel studio it would have taken you 10X as long to do this? I agree , based on your last video for some requirements, the atmel is the only way to accomplish some tasks effectively, but I think alternatively, the arduino IDE is probably faster for most cases. Either way I'll keep watching your vids. keep up the great work!!
To be honest: I think it would take me the same time. When I started with the Arduino IDE I had a flying quadcopter within weeks. But every step after that took so much time because I had to find more speed and programming space. Basically I had to go through all the Arduino code to figure out why it's working as it is. With Atmel Studio I could start with a plan and work towards that plan. Not being bothered by "unexplainable" behavior. But my bottom line: Atmel Studio and the Arduino IDE are both fantastic and horrible at the same time ;-)
That's the beauty of programming these things, there are several ways to achieve the same goal. Where one method is not necessary better than the other.
Hi there, nice video and very useful. I have a question for the atmel ice debugger. Does it need to connect to arduino all the time for programming uploading? or just use usb to connect the arduino? If the debugger is connected to the arduino, is it necessary to connect arduino to pc by usb or not? really confused. Thank you
This video shows how to program an Arduino without the Atmel ICE, using only the USB connector. When using the ICE, you will need to have it connected during programming/debugging. In that case the USB connection is not needed and can be disconnected, however note that the Atmel ICE can not power the board, so when using it you will need an external power source. One way to do that is connecting it by USB to a PC, as shown in the video. This is only for power, no data is sent over USB when programming with Atmel ICE. You could also power it from a power supply or batteries if you so desire. Hope that addresses what you were wondering about.
Bulding options works great. Upload to the board is fast. Only problem, no matter what I put into the program, it just lit PB5 (onboard LED on pin 13), and nothing more.
Ah, okay... now it works... after I close "solution", and start over again. Probably I did something wrong and Atmel studio remembered it. Thanks for nice tutorial - without it can't even start anything. BTW, sketch for blink in Atmel studio (Arduino nano): #define F_CPU 16000000UL #include #include int main(void) { DDRB |= (1
Great vid - came here to watch it right after i viewed your "reason for change" vid. question, though, when you connect an Uno or a Mega, do they always open on the same comm port for you? i seem to remember it giving different Comm ports at different times (maybe because that Comm port was already being used? it is just a matter of editing that line to redefine the port #? PLEASE keep up the great work - you're drawing me in... (you bastard!!!!!) also - at some time it would be great to show what the ICE does when you hook that up. Russ from Coral Springs, Fl usa
Hi Joop! I am confused, do you use/need the ATMEL ICE for what you do in this video? I saw at your tools menu the ARDUINO ISP, but you used ARDUINO bootloader intools to program it right? Do you explain somewhere how to program Arduino Uno by ISP with Atmel Ice? And do you explain somewhere how to debug Arduino Uno with Atmel Ice? I am searching for this info. Thanks in advance!
I've just bought the full kit from Farnell UK for £57.66 inc. VAT and delivery!!!! all cables and connectors included. Great videos BTW keep 'em coming. :-)
Further to the above...it seems their website threw a wobbly and I should have been charged £130!!! Good luck with that as it's already been dispatched LOL
My Arduino resets when i boot the program on it with Atmel Studio, but the program doesn't works insted my arduino keeps the last program (programed by Arduito IDE) after the reset. Any help? (Sorry for my english)
I read an Adafruit website article explaining use a Seggar J-Link Edu Mini programmer and Atmel Studio 7. For some reason, the latest AS7 didn't work with Win10 to program SAMD51G19 bootloaders anymore. Was this due to some recent Win10 update? Your opinion would be welcomed. Thank you.
@joop Brokking: thank you so much i was able to do that for my Arduino Uno via Keil uvision 5. I would really appreciate if you can help me same with my STM32F411RE nucleo board and Freedom frdm-kl25z board. Please advise., Also how did you get an information regarding PORTB on arduino that 0B00100000 is high and 0B11011111 is low? also what does DDRB 0B00100000 does?
great stuff! I just followed your instructions and all went fine cheers!!!...are all studio's functions now available please?...also they don't seem to keen on telling you this do they? maybe they would like you to buy ICE.
