AVR-Chat

On 7/16/05, Chuck Hackett <egroupscdh@whitetrout.net> wrote:
> I'm having a tough time navigating HTML & Tinfo documentation looking for
> specific answers regarding the WinAVR suite, specifically GCC.  Is there a
> searchable PDF version available?
> 
> I'm really trying to research a bunch of newbie questions before I waste
> bandwidth.

GCC documentation is available over here:
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/

You can determine your version of gcc by running:

avr-gcc --version

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/

> From: Dave Hylands
> 
> On 7/16/05, Chuck Hackett <egroupscdh@whitetrout.net> wrote:
> > I'm having a tough time navigating HTML & Tinfo documentation looking for
> > specific answers regarding the WinAVR suite, specifically GCC.  Is there a
> > searchable PDF version available?
> >
> > I'm really trying to research a bunch of newbie questions before I waste
> > bandwidth.
> 
> GCC documentation is available over here:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/
> 
> You can determine your version of gcc by running:
> 
> avr-gcc --version

Hi Dave,

Yes, I've been there but, as far as I can see, you can't search for items of
interest, you have to navigate the documentation node-by-node.  In most cases
you have to know something about what you're looking for, but, as a newbie, one
doesn't have a lot of context.

A searchable PDF would be helpful to me but maybe I'm just not aware of how to
use the documentation available.

Specifically, at the moment I'm looking for documentation on how to setup
interrupt handlers.  Things like "signal", "interrupt", CLI, etc.

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
"Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
7.5" gauge Union Pacific Northern (4-8-4) 844
http://www.whitetrout.net/Chuck

> From: Dave Hylands
> ....
> You can determine your version of gcc by running:
> 
> avr-gcc --version

Forgot to include this in the previous message: I have GCC 3.4.3

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
"Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
7.5" gauge Union Pacific Northern (4-8-4) 844
http://www.whitetrout.net/Chuck

Hmmm, this is another problem.  I just discovered that one of the items I was
looking for <SIGNAL()> was a avr-libc item NOT a GCC item.

So I guess my documentation question is more generally:  How does one determine
what documentation to consult and then how to navigate that documentation?  

Or, does one just have to build a critical mass of knowledge that you have to
have in your head before you can be productive?

A related question:  Is there a "How to build programs with WinAVR" manual?
Covering things like how to handle interrupts, etc.  I have the book "Embedded C
Programming and the ATMEL AVR" but it's oriented around Codevision not WinAVR.

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
"Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
7.5" gauge Union Pacific Northern (4-8-4) 844
http://www.whitetrout.net/Chuck