2. Installing Prerequisites

<p>To program AVRs from Windows using AVR Studio 4, several pieces of software are needed:</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://winavr.sourceforge.net/">WinAVR</a>: WinAVR is a free, open-source suite of development tools for the AVR family of microcontrollers, including the GNU C/C++ compiler for AVRs (avr-gcc).</li> <li><a href="https://www.microchip.com/en-us/tools-resources/archives/avr-sam-mcus">AVR Studio 4.18</a>: AVR Studio 4.18 is a free integrated development environment (IDE) for programming AVRs offered by Atmel. AVR Studio 4.18 works with the WinAVR avr-gcc compiler and contains built-in support for AVR ISP programming. We do <strong>not</strong> recommend the newer version 4.19 because it does not automatically detect and use WinAVR.</li> <li><a href="/docs/0J20">Pololu AVR C/C++ Library</a>: This library provides functions for interacting with all of the Orangutan&#8217;s integrated hardware, including the auxiliary processor, and many demo programs that show how to use these functions. The library should be installed using the executable installer <em>after</em> installing WinAVR.</li> </ol> <p>You will also need to install the USB drivers for your programmer or board:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/docs/0J36/3.a">Pololu USB AVR Programmer drivers and software</a></li> <li><a href="/docs/0J7">CP2102 drivers</a> for the Orangutan X2</li> <li><a href="/docs/0J39/5.a">Orangutan SVP drivers</a></li> </ul> <p>AVR Studio 4 only supports connecting to COM1 through COM9, so be sure to look in your Device Manager and change the COM port number of your device if necessary.</p>

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