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Old 05-11-2011, 02:00 AM   #4719 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes View Post
When Fran did the rewrite of the original software, he used a Linux build environment. I don't think I've ever successfully tried to compile the code in AVR Studio. Part of the issue was that AVR Studio had a problem with putting the hex file in a different part of memory than normal, because there was a bootloader. So, each time I make a code change, I log out of windows, log in to ubuntu linux, make changes, compile them, send hex files to my email, and log back out and try them.
Grab yourself a copy of VMWare Player. It's free, and enables you to run any OS you like in a "Virtual Machine". So rather than having to reboot, you just switch windows and compile. It'll save you a LOT of time, I'm sure.
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