avrdude Wrapper

Simple program that launches avrdude with arguments supplied from user-defined board presets.

It can be used as Microchip studio (Atmel studio) tool

Requirements

• avrdude must be installed on your computer
• avrdude.exe working directory must be included in PATH enviroment variable How to?

Usage

>AVRDudeWrapper <source file> <preset file (optional)>

1. Source file: Compiled binary file (any format that is supported by avrdude)
2. Preset file (optional): json file containing presets included here. If not supplied default file is used

>Enter preset name:
arduino_UNO

Enter name of preset that you want to use

If left empy last used preset will be used

>Enter port name:
COM6

Enter name of port that you want to use

If left empy last used port of the selected preset will be used

Custom presets

You can create custom presets simply by editing presets.json file

{
  "Name":"arduino_UNO",
  "MCUName":"atmega328p",
  "Programmer":"arduino",
  "BaudRate":115200,
  "LastUsed":18,
  "Port":"COM3"
}

Json properties

1. Name: Name of the peset
2. MCUName: Name of the microcontroller
3. Programmer: What programmer to use
4. BaudRate: Communication speed to use
5. LastUsed: Property determining the last used preset - Set this to 0
6. Port: Communication port to use

For properties 2 and 3 please refer to avrdude documentation

Microchip (Atmel) studio

How to use this as Microchip studio tool

1. Open Tools menu

2. Create new external tool

Command:

<AVRDudeWrapper directory>\AVRDudeWrapper.exe

Arguments:

$(ProjectDir)Debug\$(TargetName).a <path to presets.json>

For usage as Microchip studio tool second argument must be supplied

Resources:

• avrdude documentation