Arduino Tiny

Using Arduino Microcontrollers
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BroHogan:
gulp, sure!

It's not that bad! You'll be able to switch back and forth.

Next I'll be on the AVR Freaks forum!

Bah! They're kind of rude over there! You'll be much happier over here.

It's not comfortable to live with a time bomb, so I guess it's the thing to do.

Excellent. Let's get started...

  1. Download the latest WinAVR...
    WinAVR - Browse Files at SourceForge.net
    WinAVR - Browse /WinAVR/20100110 at SourceForge.net

  2. Install the latest WinAVR to a convenient location. I went with C:\WinAVR.

  3. Ensure the Arduino IDE is not running.

  4. Locate the existing tool-chain directory. It should be in {ArduinoRootFolder}\hardware\tools.

  5. There should be a single sub-directory there named avr. Rename the existing avr sub-directory to something like avr (old).

  6. Create a new sub-directory named avr.

  7. Move the entire contents of your WinAVR directory (C:\WinAVR*) to the newly created avr directory ({ArduinoRootFolder}\hardware\tools\avr*).

  8. Copy avrdude.conf from {ArduinoRootFolder}\hardware\tools\avr\bin to {ArduinoRootFolder}\hardware\tools\avr\etc (you may have to first create etc).

That's it. You should now be able to run the Arduino IDE and build Sketches. If you have problems, you can switch back to the original tool-chain by renaming avr to avr (new) then renaming avr (old) to avr.