Contents

2. New and Noteworthy

2.1. Microchip Studio for AVR and SAM Devices

2.2. Atmel Studio 6.2 Service Pack 2

2.3. Atmel Studio 6.2 Service Pack 1

2.4. Atmel Studio 6.2

2.5. Atmel Studio 6.1 Update 2

2.6. Atmel Studio 6.1 Update 1.1

2.7. Atmel Studio 6.1 Update 1

2.8. Atmel Studio 6.1

2.9. Atmel Studio 6.0

2.10. AVR® Studio 5.1

3. Frequently Asked Questions

3.1. Compatibility with Legacy AVR Software and Third-party Products

3.1.1. How do I Import External ELF Files for Debugging?

3.1.2. How do I Reuse My AVR Studio 4 Projects with the Microchip Studio?

3.2. Microchip Studio Interface

3.2.1. How can I Start Debugging My Code? What is the Keyboard Shortcut for Debugging?

3.2.2. What is a Solution?

3.2.3. What is a Project

3.2.4. How Can I Use an External Makefile For My Project?

3.2.5. When Watching a Variable, the Debugger Says Optimized away

3.2.6. When Starting a Debug Session, I get an Error Stating that Debug Tool is not Set

3.3. Performance Issues

3.3.1. Microchip Studio Takes a Very Long Time to Start on My PC but Runs Well in a VM Environment. Is there Something I Can Do With This?

3.3.2. Verification and Programming often Fails with a Serial Port Buffer Overrun Error Message When Using STK500

3.3.3. I Have Connected My Tool Through a USB Hub, and Now I Get Error Messages and Inconsistent Results While Programming and Debugging

3.4. Driver and USB Issues

3.4.1. How Do I Get My Tool to be Recognized by Microchip Studio?

3.4.2. The Firmware Upgrade Process Fails or is Unstable on a Virtualized Machine

3.4.3. Debugging Never Breaks Under a Virtualized Machine

3.4.4. Firmware Upgrade Fails on VirtualBox

3.4.5. Issues with Arm Compatible Tools

4. Installation

6. Features and Bugs

7. Device Support

7.1. Device Notes

8. Revision History

9. Microchip Information

The Microchip Website

Product Change Notification Service

Customer Support

Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature

Quality Management System

Worldwide Sales and Service