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Flying Electron Application Note 0200
Downloading and Installing Atmel AVR Studio 4 and WinAVR
Background
Most of the application notes and example projects provided at Flying Electron use the Atmel AVR Studio 4
and WinAVR software. This application note will guide you through the process of downloading and installing
the required software.
Installing Atmel AVR Studio 4
The Atmel AVR Studio 4 Application is available for download for free from Atmel Corporation, the manufacturers
if the AVR microcontrollers.
Step 1 - Install the base application
There are several different versions of the Atmel AVR Studio 4 Application available for download. We
recommend you download and install AVR Studio 4.12 (build 460) which is available from Atmel Corporation by clicking on the link below.
Step 2 - Install the service pack
After installing the base application, the service pack AVR Studio 4.12 Service Pack 4 (build 498) must be installed to
update the application to the latest version. The service pack is available from Atmel Corporation
on the same web page where the AVR Studio application was downloaded. If you have closed that browser window,
you can click on the link in the previous step to reopen it.
You have now successfully installed AVR Studio 4.
AVR Studio 4 can be launched from Start Menu -> All Programs -> Atmel AVR Tools -> AVR Studio 4
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Launching Atmel AVR Studio 4
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Installing WinAVR
WinAVR is a set of open source development tools that allows C programs to be compiled for AVR microcontrollers.
Step 1 - Install WinAVR
There are several different versions of WinAVR available for download. We
recommend you download and install the latest version from SourceForge by clicking on the link below.
You have now successfully WinAVR.
The successful installation of WinAVR can be verified by checking that the WinAVR submenu exists at
Start Menu -> All Programs -> WinAVR.
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Verifying WinAVR Installation
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Finish
You have now successfully finished installing Atmel AVR Studio 4 and WinAVR.
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