It might be fair to say that the complexity comes not from any particular operation, but from the number of different ways to approach the problem. To me, it’s much easier to program an AVR than to format an RPi, but each of us comes with different experience. If you’d like to attempt it yourself, I’ll do my best to help. You’ll need (at a minimum):
* An AVR ISP programmer (which could be an Arduino running the Arduino as ISP sketch) or a stand-alone programmer.
* A cable (6-pin DIL ribbon cable) to connect the programmer to the Octolively board (or any other target board that you’d prefer).
* The AVR-GCC toolchain installed on your computer. The easiest way to do this is through (for example) WinAVR (on windows) or AVR Crosspack (for Mac).
