I'm looking for a way to make the vMicro "build and upload" button actually do just that: build and upload the project (in one action).

I have an Xplained mini ATmega328PB.

The only way I seem to be able to use it with vMicro is to select the "Atmel Studio Device Programming" option.

I have seen in other forums that there ought to be a "Atmel mEDBG" option in the "uploader" drow-down in the vMicro menu in Atmel Studio, but I can't seem to find it:

https://imgur.com/HlUVQZh

i know you're to do be it that way.  the problem the that it takes like 5 clicks to do every time you want to program

Here is a video demonstrating how many times I have to move the mouse around and click on small buttons in order to compile/build/upload to my ATmega328PB Xplained Mini board: 

https://youtu.be/OEl-nI9BLdc


Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 12:11pm:


Not sure if it's the Visual Micro site's fault or Microchip's fault, but all of the links just send me to the Microphip.com homepage.


Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 12:11pm:


This was my experience before installing Visual Micro.  Now it seems as though the vMicro-->upload setting is trumping the native project properties device/tool setting.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 12:11pm:


Here is a screenshot of the project properties page: https://imgur.com/a/pWpmluK

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 12:11pm:


Hopefully together we can figure out how to make it so!

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 20^th, 2018 at 11:17am:


Here is a video of what happens when I use the Atmel build and upload commands (spoiler alert, it's the same as in my last video):

https://youtu.be/7Sn1YjWWnQ0

Note: I also tried un-selecting the vMicro->Uploader->Always Use Programmer For Upload option, and subsequently running the Debug->Start without debugging command, however I then simply get the following output error:

avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM3": Access is denied.



Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 20^th, 2018 at 11:17am:


Nothing happens if I just click "Close".  No firmware is uploaded.  I go back to square 1 (start of video).

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 20^th, 2018 at 11:17am:


I tried de-selecting Atmel Studio debugging option in vMicro->Debugger, but the same behaviour persists (i.e. its the same behaviour as my videos show).

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 20^th, 2018 at 11:17am:


It's this page:  https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Atmel-Studio-7.aspx

 
This feels like an issue where the native Atmel Debug-->Start without Debugging command is getting routed to Visual Micro logic, which is then invoking the default "Device Programming" command in Atmel, which in turn launches the window shown in my videos.

I was hoping that I could use the mEDBG uploader, not the standard Arduino serial bootloader uploader.  My question boils down to: how can I do that without clicking a million times every time I want to upload a new binary.

All I'm using vMicro for is to be able to use the Arduino core libraries, I don't require any of vMicro's/Arduino's bootloader, uploader, or debugger support features.

I have installed MCUdude's MiniCore project, which provides Arduino IDE support for the ATmega328PB --> which is the board I'm using (not the ATmega328p)

Thanks again.

Awesome, thanks for the new release, I like some of the features in it (like the Arduino core files being available to browse from inside the project).

Unfortunately the new update did not resolve the issue I'm talking about.

For clarity's sake, I have uploaded a video to YouTube that shows me trying to build/compile a program for my Xplained Mini ATmega329PB board with and without Visual Micro installed, so you can get a sense of what I'm talking about:

https://youtu.be/9tBVJln0TCE

The first upload attempt is using Atmel's Start without debugging button.  It builds fine but then vMicro gets involved for some reason and loads the Device programming dialogue box, effectively quashing all possibility of having a one-click build/upload button.

The second upload attempt is using vMicro's Build and upload button.  The exact same behaviour occurs.

The third attempt is after I uninstall vMicro extension in Atmel Studio, before restarting Atmel Studio.  The exact same behaviour occurs.

After closing/reopening Atmel Studio (after removing vMicro extension), the desired functionality has returned whereby a single click of the Atmel Start without debugging button magically builds and uploads the new firmware to my board.

I'm not quite sure why I can still compile Arduino-ese code in Atmel Studio after uninstalling vMicro, but my guess is that vMicro "Arduinofies" an Atmel Studio project upon the project's creation, and therefore the toolchain has everything it needs to build the firmware once you create a vMicro project (even after uninstalling vMicro).

So, it would seem that I have found a workaround for my problem:

- Install vMicro every time you want to create a project
- Uninstall vMicro after the project gets created

Hopefully this will get resolved at some point as this is a pretty lack-lustre workaround.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 12:34am:


That's correct.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 12:34am:


Good to know.  I checked this and have confirmed that the project properties were correctly set.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 12:34am:


I have always had the correct board and variant selected in the vMicro menu.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 12:34am:


This is all verified.

My problem still persists.

https://youtu.be/BZaTJo9AXkY

Here is a YouTube video I made which shows all of my Project Properties settings as well as my toolchain settings, as well as all vMicro project settings, as well as the vMicro menu.

At the end of the video I click "Start without debugging" and the same thing happens as in my previous posts: the Atmel Device Programming dialogue is loaded, thus halting the automatic build/upload process.

I really think that the issue here is that there is no option for an mEDBG uploader in the vMicro-->Uploader-->Programmer dropdown menu.