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Say you have a simple bit of code: #include <avr/io.h> #include <util/delay.h> #define LED_BUILTIN _BV(PORTB5) int main(void) { DDRB |= LED_BUILTIN; while (1) { PORTB |= LED_BUILTIN; // turn on led _delay_ms(1000); // delay 1s PORTB &= ~LED_BUILTIN; // turn off led _delay_ms(1000); // delay 1s } } You have a Makefile that compiles that into an object (.o) file like this: avr-gcc -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000 -Os -c blink.c If you were to forget to set the device type when compiling your .