2.4 Preparing the Build Environment

The first step in working with at91bootstrap is to prepare the environment. In this application note, we will use MPLAB X IDE as the development environment. MPLAB X provides a convenient interface for managing Makefile-based projects and integrates smoothly with the XC32 or GNU Arm toolchain. This setup simplifies the build process and allows developers to compile and customize at91bootstrap directly within a supported and well-documented IDE.