Re: [avr-gcc-list] What method should I use to get started?

[David Kelly]

On May 10, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Tim wrote:

> What is the best method of learning AVR programming
> with GCC?

I recommend that you do NOT learn AVR programming with GCC. I  
recommend you learn embedded programming and happen to have AVR and  
GCC as your current tools.

Over the past 25 years I've been drafted to interview potential new  
hires. There are resume padders who jump from one tool to another  
then list every little thing they have used as an accomplishment  
rather than a means to an end. I care far less whether one has used  
PADS, OrCAD, or McCAD, than I care whether you know how to create  
great schematics, parts lists, and PCB artwork.

The resume padders do better in sales and management than in  
engineering.

> But do you really read through all 300+
> pages (at least thats the case with mega32) of the
> specification?

Of course. Over and over. Print it (double sided is best) and put it  
in a notebook. Keep it handy and open at all times to the section you  
are working on, say, "timer 0".

> That seems exhaustive and boring.

If it was easy anyone could do it. If it was easy everyone would be  
doing it and there wouldn't be any particular value or reason not to  
hire the guy who mops the floor into an embedded programming position.

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David Kelly N4HHE, address@hidden
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