Getting "missing arduino.h" when removing framework=arduino, AVR programming

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I want to upload my program onto an ATmega32 with avrdude and usbtiny. I do not want to use the arduino framework. In my understaning, you should only need to remove the ‘framework=arduino’ line to get it to work, but when i do it the build finds 0 compatible libraries, and then getting this fault line

src/main.cpp:1:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory

When I have the ‘framework=arduino’ line added, the build and upload finishes succesfully, but the code does not run on the microcontroller.
Here is my code in main.c:

#include <avr/io.h>
#include <utils/delay.h>

#define PA0 0



int main() {
    DDRA |= 1 << PA0;
    PORTA |= 1 << PA0;

    while (1) {
        _delay_ms(500);
        PORTA ^= 1 << PA0;

    };
}

– added info: the PORTA, and DDRA does not light blue, just stays white but with no red line or fault message. Im sure this is more of a vscode fault?

This is my platformio.ini file


[env:ATmega32]
platform = atmelavr
board = ATmega32

lib_compat_mode=soft
upload_protocol = custom
board_build.f_cpu = 1000000UL
lib_ignore = arduino.h
lib_ldf_mode=off

debug_tool = simavr

; each flag in a new line
upload_flags =
    -pm32
    -cusbtiny
    -B4

upload_command = avrdude $UPLOAD_FLAGS -U  flash:w:$SOURCE:i

Can it be that avrdude is not correctly inputting the .hex file into the ATmega32?

2

Please check this topic: Noob trying to get started with ATmega32 and C++

3

This is contradicting. Do you have a src/main.cpp or a src/main.c? Both?