Hi all,
I just bought an arduino r4 wifi, and I'd like to be able to use C with make. No arduino IDE if possible. I'll use it some, but my goal is to get better at C programming and understanding how things work under the hood. I know there's avr-gcc for other arduino boards, but what about the uno r4 wifi? It's an arm processor, and doesn't support avr.
Any ideas of where I can start? I've looked at the datasheet, schematics and the like.
Is your real goal learning how to use 'make' files manually or to improve your C coding skills? If the later, there's no reason to leave the IDE environment.
if just interested in programming, why not install cygwin which contains most of the linux tools on your windows laptop
I know I can use the IDE, and I probably will to an extent. I just want to be able to use both.
The problem is that much of standard C/C++ doesn't work because there is no standard display, keyboard, storage, or operating system.
And standard C/C++ doesn't include anything to read/write an I/O pin, or anything for Wi-Fi, or a lot of other things like graphics or a mouse or color, etc. C++ itself is still HUGE (C is more "manageable") but all of that is handled by additional libraries.
If you wanted to really get "under the hood" you could study machine/assembly language for the particular processor and maybe write a compiler. But, I'd guess that writing a compiler is at-least 4th-year university computer science.
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