# Atmega32u4 Breakout, IDE & Atmel Flip?

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433>\
**Category:** MicroMod\
**Tags:** avr-atmel\
**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433 "2012-11-16T15:27:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chrisab508](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@chrisab508](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/chrisab508)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433/1 "2012-11-16T15:27:44Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I’ve done a bunch of searching online trying to figure this out but I haven’t been successful. Does anyone know if there’s a full-fledged graphical IDE out there which will work with this board? Also, does anyone know if this board can be programmed using the Atmel flip utility? I installed the INF driver for this board, it enumerates as a com port for me (COM5), but Flip doesn’t seem to recognize any RS-232 communication, or really provide a way for me to connect to the board.

I found a tutorial online about setting up eclipse with the AVRdude/winAVR plugin. I followed that and it seems to be mostly set up correctly, but I don’t know which programmer to select within the options to program over USB/the enumerated COM port. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I’d like to avoid command line tools if at all possible.

Thanks.

- Chris

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**Author:** ![WayfaringNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@WayfaringNinja](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/WayfaringNinja)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433/2 "2012-11-22T18:04:41Z")

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Hello,

I’ve just received my SparkFun ATmega32u4 the other day and have been dealing with exactly the same issue. Flip doesn’t see it over USB and I don’t have a programmer to write to flash. I understand Flip requires that you install their drivers for the chip but Windows always rejects it, will only accept the SparkFun drivers that Flip can’t understand.

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**Author:** ![WayfaringNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@WayfaringNinja](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/WayfaringNinja)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433/3 "2012-11-23T16:29:14Z")

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My issue was with 64bit Windows 7, I managed to program it with AVR109 in AVRdude inside of a Windows XP virtual machine (VMWare player)

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**Author:** ![chrisab508](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@chrisab508](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/chrisab508)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/atmega32u4-breakout-ide-atmel-flip/25433/4 "2012-11-23T21:20:51Z")

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> WayfaringNinja:  
> My issue was with 64bit Windows 7, I managed to program it with AVR109 in AVRdude inside of a Windows XP virtual machine (VMWare player)

I never had any problems programming with AVR109 and AVRdude, that always worked for me (I use Win7 x64). I was simply looking for a simpler alternative to program the controller (e.g. FLIP) and could never get FLIP to work.