OliveTin is an open-source firmware for AVR-based microcontrollers. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OliveTin on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before proceeding further, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install the dependencies required to build OliveTin. Enter the following command in terminal:
apk add build-base avr-libc avrdude gcc-avr binutils-avr
This command will install the build-essential tools and libraries required by OliveTin.
Once the dependencies are installed, we can clone the OliveTin repository to our local machine. Enter the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin.git
Now we are ready to build OliveTin from source. Navigate to the directory where OliveTin is cloned using the cd command and enter the following command:
make
This command will compile and build the OliveTin firmware for the selected AVR microcontroller.
Finally, we can upload the OliveTin firmware to our AVR microcontroller using the avrdude utility. Before doing that, we need to identify the appropriate device file path for our AVR microcontroller by using the dmesg command. The device path for our AVR microcontroller should be something like /dev/ttyACM0, but it may vary depending on the system.
Once we get the device file path, we can upload OliveTin firmware to our AVR microcontroller using the following command:
avrdude -v -p m328p -c arduino -P /dev/ttyACM0 -b 57600 -D -U flash:w:OliveTin.hex:i
This command will upload the OliveTin firmware to our AVR microcontroller through the USB port.
Congratulations! We have successfully installed OliveTin on Alpine Linux Latest. Now we can use OliveTin to control our AVR-based projects.
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