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AVR and Xcode

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

I recently purchased the beginning embedded electronics kit from SparkFun Electronics. It is a kit that include everything to start programming AVR microcontrollers. A microcontroller lets you control the most simple, physical things, like an LED or a motor. Given my lust for control, you can see why this has quickly become my latest obsessive hobby.

The problem is that I want to be able to program the micro with my Mac, which presented a few problems. Here is how I got it working with Xcode on my Mac.
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