tobiasgehring / atmelstart

Command line utility to use Atmel Start with cmake / JetBrains CLion

Atmel Start

This projects consists in a command-line tool to streamline work with the Atmel Start code generator, as well as a CMake toolchain generator which allows to integrate code generated using Atmel Start in a CMake project (for use in the JetBrains CLion IDE for example)

Quick Start

Initialize the Atmel Start configuration

$ atstart init

This initializes the current directory as project directory. It creates a src/ subdirectory for your own code and a CMakeLists.txt for cmake. It then opens a webbrower with Atmel start. Please save the configuration file in the project root directory as atmel_start_config.atstart.

Generate the Atmel Start code and download it

$ atstart reconfigure

This will generate the code, download it and extract it in a atstart directory. The code is the same as the one you would get using Export Project in Atmel Start. This will also generate toolchain.cmake for building your project with cmake. Call this command after you updated the configuration file atmel_start_config.atstart in the root directory.

Create your project files

Create a main code file main.c for your project in the src/ directory. You can copy atstart/main.c as a starter if you wish.

Build your project

$ atstart build

CLion

CLion has openocd integration. Start CLion and create a new project from existing source. To correctly build the project you need to edit the settings:

File | Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | CMake

Add -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic to CMake options.

To use openocd edit the Run / Debug Configuration.

Credits

This tool is heavily inspired by AtmelStart by Jacques Michiels.