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by kirrent 3735 days ago
He said that he was doing bare metal work on the AVR so I assume he wasn't referring to Arduino. Arduino aside, the default toolchain for 8 bit AVRs is really simple to get running. Just install AVR-studio with its built in GCC compiler and libraries. It was something I was always jealous of on the Microchip side of the pond.

As it is, I'm in the same boat as the grandparent comment. I'm moving over to STM32 and I'm loving nearly everything about it. While there are more toolchains and less hand holding the possibilities are much more exciting. All in all, it's a great time to be doing embedded development.