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Microsoft Visual Studio

Quite often there is a problem that VC++ applications won’t run on a Windows system that doesn’t have Visual Studio installed. The two most common reasons for that are:

- Missing VC++ runtime libraries
You can get them directly fromo Microsoft

- The application is compiled in “Debug” mode.
Some application require to be build in “Release” mode in order to work on systems that dont have Visual Studio installed

The AVR is a microcontroller developed by Atmel. Its an 8-bit RISC µController based on the Harvard architecture which physically seperates the data storage memory (RAM) and the program code memory (Flash-ROM ). AVRs are classified into few family groups which differentiate in the amount of memory, I/O pins, additional instruction sets,… but they are all based on the same AVR core which makes it easier to reuse code (ATtiny, ATmega,…).

Atmel provides AVR Studio, a free development envoirement for writing and debugging assembler applications which includes a software simulator as well.
You can write applications using Assembler, C (avr-gcc) or Basic (bascom) .

For more information about AVR µControllers visit the wikipedia avr article or visit Atmel AVR.

I am using a 40 pin ATmega16 which comes with 16kB Flash-ROM, 1kB SRAM, 256B EEPROM with a price about 3€. There is also an ATmega32 which has more memory than the ATmega16 and it costs just few € more so its better to buy the 32 version straight away.
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Microsoft Visual Studio

I ran into a problem of not knowing how to change the default language from C# to C++ in Visual Studio 2005, but finally discovered the solution which wasn’t simple and easy to find as presumed so I thought it would make a good tip for you guys reading this ;)

- Go to Tools » Import/Export Settings
- Select Reset all settings
- Select whether you want to save the current settings. Click Next.
- Select the language you want to use. Click Finish.

Well that’s it folks  :)