Adding new devices (AVR DA/DB, ATmega324PB)

[doom-fr]

• integrate changes of svn #10000 patch (which adds AVR DA/DB devices)
• add ATmega324PB
• improve documentation
• remove tailing spaces in avrdude.conf

[facchinm]

Hi @doom-fr , thanks for the contribution! I just started the CI to produce the final binaries; will let you know when they are avaiable for broader testing.

[doom-fr]

Hi @facchinm , you're welcome and thanks for the merge !

[facchinm]

Compiled packages are available via usual package_index as arduino:avrdude:6.3.0-arduino18
@MCUdude

[MCUdude]

Compiled packages are available via usual package_index as arduino:avrdude:6.3.0-arduino18

Are you referring to the development megaAVR boards manager URL? I deleted the Arduino15 folder on my computer when I tried to figure out what caused the >=64kiB bug in arduino-builder. Could you post the URL here, please?

EDIT: I found the development URL, but it can't be this. Any hints on where I can find the Avrdude-arduino18 version? 🙂

[per1234]

@MCUdude it's in the production package index, not the staging one:
https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json

Here's the definition for arduino:avrdude:6.3.0-arduino18:

{
  "name": "avrdude",
  "version": "6.3.0-arduino18",
  "systems": [
    {
      "size": "220677",
      "checksum": "SHA-256:2e25c9e99c255d595a1072679a88ecddfa12c223b18510760bb867039f35efa5",
      "host": "arm-linux-gnueabihf",
      "archiveFileName": "avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-armhf-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2",
      "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-armhf-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2"
    },
    {
      "size": "231047",
      "checksum": "SHA-256:4f88bb50d2235182ed7aa9e0a1d08e4bb956378ac9569b8e1141e37ed314fb2d",
      "host": "aarch64-linux-gnu",
      "archiveFileName": "avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-aarch64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2",
      "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-aarch64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2"
    },
    {
      "size": "280072",
      "checksum": "SHA-256:df1dfd18e2e287c47232605cd4fa41751eb70df8c300aeb7a00a3a09b524a1b8",
      "host": "x86_64-apple-darwin12",
      "archiveFileName": "avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-x86_64-apple-darwin12.tar.bz2",
      "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-x86_64-apple-darwin12.tar.bz2"
    },
    {
      "size": "254460",
      "checksum": "SHA-256:1ae46972b276b8a54c459f87c4ff326abdad0be2b1a293d73bf86e47765eddc3",
      "host": "x86_64-linux-gnu",
      "archiveFileName": "avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2",
      "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2"
    },
    {
      "size": "329515",
      "checksum": "SHA-256:0781f4183e91a9783c2330035520144ab76b8f75c0a9f7a25877c063bc984c4d",
      "host": "i686-mingw32",
      "archiveFileName": "avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-i686-w64-mingw32.zip",
      "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18-i686-w64-mingw32.zip"
    }
  ]
}

[MCUdude]

@per1234 sorry, but I still can't figure it out. What do I do to make Arduino IDE install the Avrdude-arduino18 version? I added the json URL you linked to (just in case), removed the current megaAVR installation in the Arduino15 folder, but it still pulls arduino17 when I install the megaAVR 1.8.6 package.

[MCUdude]

OK, I think I get it. I manually downloaded the bz2 file and replaced avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17 with avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18 in the Arduino15 folder, and it worked. So I guess arduino18 will be downloaded automatically when the next megaavr (1.8.7) package is available.

[per1234]

it still pulls arduino17

This is because that tool version is defined in the toolsDependencies field of the arduino:megaavr@1.8.6 platform definition in the Boards Manager package index:

{
  "name": "Arduino megaAVR Boards",
  "architecture": "megaavr",
  "version": "1.8.6",
  "category": "Arduino",
  "help": {
    "online": "http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage"
  },
  "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/cores/megaavr-1.8.6.tar.bz2",
  "archiveFileName": "megaavr-1.8.6.tar.bz2",
  "checksum": "SHA-256:d6d34aa9d7f2934c92c0a39cd8b48c6a1efb1820c59f558b5f8eddde63409eaa",
  "size": "856719",
  "boards": [
    {
      "name": "Arduino Uno WiFi Rev2"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arduino Nano Every"
    }
  ],
  "toolsDependencies": [
    {
      "packager": "arduino",
      "name": "avr-gcc",
      "version": "7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5"
    },
    {
      "packager": "arduino",
      "name": "avrdude",
      "version": "6.3.0-arduino17"
    },
    {
      "packager": "arduino",
      "name": "arduinoOTA",
      "version": "1.3.0"
    }
  ]
}

More information:
https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/package_index_json-specification/#__code_3:~:text=toolsDependencies,-%3A%20the

replaced avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17 with avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18 in the Arduino15 folder, and it worked

I'm glad to hear it! It's nice to have a shiny new version of AVRDUDE to play with.

I guess arduino18 will be downloaded automatically when the next megaavr (1.8.7) package is available.

If they update the version specified in the toolsDependencies field, yes.

But if you want to use it in your cores, it's already available to you. You just need to make a release that specifies the arduino:avrdude@6.3.0-arduino18 tool in toolsDependencies in your package index.

[MCUdude]

@facchinm Someone opened an issue in one of my repos reporting that avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18 wasn't available for their Linux 32-bit system. Is it correct that the avrdude-6.3.0-arduino18 Linux 32-bit binary is actually missing?

[facchinm]

@MCUdude that's correct, I'm going to push 6.3.0-arduino19 with the linux32 platform in place 😉

[MCUdude]

MCUdude that's correct, I'm going to push 6.3.0-arduino19 with the linux32 platform in place 😉

Awesome! When will 6.3.0-arduino19 be available? And are there other changes between arduino18 and arduino19?