🛠 Porting an AVR Uno sketch to the Renesas core

Arduino UNO R4 Minima · avance · Schéma : IMG-uno-r4-minima-avance-3-porter-un-sketch-avr.svg — UNO R4 Minima à côté d'une UNO R3, flèche de migration au-dessus, icônes barrées avr/interrupt.h et registres AVR, badges 8 mA, analogWriteResolution et int 32 bits.

Goal

Move a working AVR Uno sketch to the R4 Minima. The core is ArduinoCore-renesas, a completely different architecture, so anything AVR-specific must go.

Porting checklist

  1. AVR registers and headers: avr/interrupt.h, avr/pgmspace.h, direct SFR writes (DDRB, TCNT1...) do not compile; replace with Arduino APIs or the RA HAL.
  2. Integer width: int is 32 bits on Cortex-M4 vs 16 on AVR; bit-packed math and overflow assumptions change behavior.
  3. analogWrite semantics: with a true 12-bit DAC present, resolutions differ from the AVR's 8-bit PWM - call analogWriteResolution explicitly on every analogWrite/analogRead path.
  4. Drive strength: GPIO are limited to 8 mA (versus 20 mA on the AVR Uno); relays, LED arrays and loud piezos need a transistor or driver.
  5. Libraries: prefer ones updated for the Renesas core; a library that pokes registers needs porting, not just a version bump.

Expected result

Most pure-Arduino-API sketches compile unchanged; the failures cluster exactly on the five points above.

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