AVR-GCC

This is where I'll be uploading builds of AVR-GCC for Windows 32 bit, 64 bit and Linux 64 bit, which will also include Binutils, AVR-LibC, AVRDUDE, Make and GDB. I'll be trying to keep the builds up to date with the latest tool releases when I can.

The avr-gcc-build.sh script was originally a gist, which I've now turned into a repository so releases can be uploaded to GitHub rather than having them hosted on my website.

Upgrading the Arduino IDE

Upgrading the Arduino IDE is pretty easy, though there could be some incompatibilities with certain libraries. Only tested with Arduino 1.8.13.

1. Download and extract the latest release
2. Navigate to your Arduino IDE folder
3. Go to hardware/tools
4. Move the avr folder somewhere else, like to your desktop (renaming the folder won't work, Arduino has some auto-detect thing which sometimes gets confused)
5. Move the extracted folder from earlier to the tools folder and rename it to avr
6. Copy bin/avrdude.exe and builtin_tools_versions.txt files and etc folder from the old avr folder to the new one
7. Done! Open up the Arduino IDE, load up the Blink example, upload it to your Arduino and make sure the LED is blinking!

Docker

docker compose build

docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd)/avr-gcc-build-output:/omgwtfbbq [IMAGE NAME]

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Zak Kemble

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