Download My First Studio Project

My First Studio Project
Download the Atmel Studio software using the instructions on the Atmel website
Save a copy of the “Atmel Studio Debugger Setting” from my website in a convenient location
Double click the Atmel Studio desktop icon (or select from the menu)
You should get the following window (you may get a “tips of the day” window also, close it)
Select New Project
Select Assembler on the left pane and then select AVR Assembler Project from the list
Give your project a name
Choose a location
Let the solution name default
Check the box to create a directory for the solution
NOTE: You can use 1 project for the whole semester. You will simply create different assembly files for
each program
Click OK
The Device Selection window will pop up
Scroll down the window and select ATmega328
Click OK
The SW will then create your project
A sample assembly program is loaded called “main.asm”
This program increments register 16 in an infinite loop
Note that in the Solution Explorer pane the file name main.asm has a red arrow, this indicates that this
is the file to be assembled and simulated
Compile the program by selecting Build -> Build Solution
You should see the compile results in the Output pane at the bottom of the window
Build succeeded.
========== Build: 1 succeeded or up-to-date, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
Start the debugger by selecting Debug -> Start Debugging and Break
The first time you do this in a project you will get a popup window telling you to “Please select a
connected tool and interface and try again”
Click continue
Select simulator on the pulldown menu
Close the My356Project* (your project name will be different) tab
Select Tools -> options -> Import and Export Settings
Check the “use team settings file:” and then enter the path and file for the Atmel Studio Debugger
Settings file you saved in the second step.
Re-try to start debugging (Debug -> Start Debugging and Break)
This should work this time (if you get a floating window labeled Memory4 just close it
Note that the yellow arrow(PC) is pointing to the first instruction (inc r16) and r16=0 in the Registers
pane
Click the “down arrow dot” icon next to the eye glasses icon several times
Watch the PC loop between the inc command and the rjmp command while r16 grows
Select Debug-> Stop Debugging
Then File-> Exit