Create New Assembler Project

Figure 1. New Assembler Project

After pressing OK, you are asked to select your microcontroller.

You can try out the Assembler build and code debugging, using a simple LED-chaser code, given below. It should fit any AVR 8-bit microcontroller, simply change the port (in this case E) to your hardware.

start:
nop
ldi R16, 0xff
sts PORTE_DIR, r16

ldi r17, 0x80
output:
sts PORTE_OUT, r17
rol r17

ldi r16, 0x00
delay:
ldi r18, 0x00
delay1:
inc r18
brne delay1
inc r16
brne delay
break
rjmp output

When a new project is created or an old project is loaded, the project view will be displayed with all the project files. Files can be added, created, or removed from the project list using the context menu in the Solution Explorer window.

Figure 2. View of an Assembler Project

All the source files will be listed at the end of the list. Double-click on any file to open it in the editor.

All custom include files will be listed directly under the project name item unless you create a new folder in the project.

Figure 3. View of an Assembler Project after Build Completed

Dependencies: All include files are listed here. Double-click on any file to open it in the editor.

Labels: All labels in your assembler program are listed here. Double-click on any item to show its location in the source. A marker will point to the correct line.

Output Files: All output files will be displayed below this item.

Figure 4. File Context Menu

All the interface views are docked by default. You can switch between docked and undocked views by dragging windows around to a desirable location, or by dragging and dropping a window on a quick docking menu of the Visual Studio IDE. The quick docking menu will appear every time you start dragging an interface view or window.