Visual Micro Tutorials: #1.5: Additional Setup

An apology comes with this video. There is some additional setup that needs to be done if the project properties window doesn't provide information about Visual Micro. If this is you, check the video.

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[TimLeek]

Hi, thanks for another useful video. To clarify a few questions about properties/options...

The properties in "Tools>Options>Visual Micro" are defaults regardless of project. The properties in the project properties tool window are saved for each project. Project properties allow each project to use different settings.

Many of the project properties (all except ones marked global) are also saved per "Configuration". You will notice in the toolbar that configurations are shown in a combo box normally containing "Release" and "Debug". By saving properties for Release and other properties for Debug we can easily switch the project between different settings such as Debug On/Off.

You will see that the project properties also allow us to set other options such as configuration specific compiler defines and constants (such as will also see that the Configurations combo box allows new configurations to be created. So we might create a configuration called "Robot Testing" containing constants that allow code to be included only when in test mode.

#if  define(ROBOT_MOTOR_TESTING)
  //so something when in Test mode but exclude this code in Release mode

Thanks again for clearly delivered messages. Tim

ps anyone: If your project properties were missing do please report it to the visualmicro forum (where you can also ask questions and get help if needed). Versions of Atmel Studio earlier than June 2013 will not display the properties and should be upgraded to the latest version of Atmel Studio.

[tommyshem]

thanks alot I had the same problem and did not know how to sort it. New to programming avr chips. Love the atmel studio videos as I do not like the arduino editor. AIso i use avrdudess to up load to arduino as I can not get atmel studio to program the chips.