BASCOM AVR Tutorial

When it is opened, click options then programmer to open the page for selecting the programmer you will use with your project. Again, we will proceed assuming we will be using the STK500 programming kit.

Figure 4.4

When you select your programmer and click OK, a warning dialog will be displayed informing you some of the settings in the options exceeds the selected chips capacities.

Figure 4.5

The reason for this is no chip has been selected yet. As a result, all settings exceed the chip's capacities (since there are no capacities available). Just click OK and continue.

At the top of the Options menu, click the Compiler tab to select a chip as shown in figure 4.6. If you will be using the same microcontroller in your version of our project, you should select the m16def.dat file. If not, simply select your chip's .dat file.

Figure 4.6

After selecting your chip, you can choose to disable the simulator for our project. If enabled, the simulator will appear each time you compile your program and you will need to close it out each time before proceeding. It is a minor inconvenience if you are not using the simulator, as we will not during this project. If you wish to disable the simulator, click on the Simulator tab and uncheck the box indicating the simulator will be used.

Figure 4.7

You can delete your initial folder and downloaded files you created at the beginning of the installation. There is not much need to keep these on your hard drive taking up space unless you have more storage than you think you will ever use. Be sure to save the copy of the BASCOM AVR manual, though.