crosspack-avr ☆

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Description:
Development environment for Atmel’s AVR microcontrollers

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 2013-12-16@0 | Tracked Since: Aug 5, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: avr embedded microcontroller arduino c firmware

Install: brew install --cask crosspack-avr

About:
CrossPack-AVR is a complete development environment for Atmel AVR microcontrollers, providing a GNU toolchain (compiler, assembler, linker), libraries, and programmer utilities for macOS. It allows developers to write, compile, and flash C/C++ code directly from their Mac to AVR chips like those used in Arduino boards.

Key Features:

Complete GNU toolchain for AVR (avr-gcc, avr-libc)
Includes essential utilities (avrdude for programming, simulavr for simulation)
Pre-configured for macOS, eliminating manual toolchain setup
Supports a wide range of AVR microcontrollers

Use Cases:

Developing firmware for AVR-based Arduino projects
Programming standalone AVR microcontrollers (ATmega, ATtiny) for embedded systems
Educational use for learning embedded C programming on Mac

Alternatives:

PlatformIO – A more modern, extensible IDE and framework that supports AVR among many other platforms, with built-in library management.
Arduino IDE – Simplified, beginner-focused IDE for Arduino boards; CrossPack provides the underlying professional toolchain for more advanced development.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 5, 2025 2:16pm	2013-12-16	0	VERSION_BUMP	f747f48c
Jun 21, 2023 9:15am	2013-12-16	0	VERSION_BUMP	9b1ebac8