4. First Steps with Arduino
The Arduino Integrated Development Environment - or Arduino Software (IDE) - contains a text editor for writing code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for common functions, and a series of menus. It connects to different boards’ hardware to upload programs and communicate with them.
You need to download and install Arduino IDE you can find it here for different O.S.
After installing Arduino IDE you will see the next window.
After you have the Arduino IDE, you will have to install our boards, don't worry it is nothing to write home about, here is a quick guide on how to install them:
To add board support for our products, start Arduino and open the Preferences window (File > Preferences).
Now copy and paste the following URL into the 'Additional Boards Manager URLs' input field:
https://electroniccats.github.io/Arduino_Boards_Index/package_electroniccats_index.json
- If there is already an URL from another manufacturer in that field, click the button at the right end of the field. This will open an editing window allowing you to paste the above URL onto a new line.
- Press the "OK" button.
- Open the "Boards Manager" that is in Tools>Board>Boards Manager.
- Now write "Electronic Cats Mbed OS RP2040 Boards" (without quotes) in the search bar.
- Click in install, just wait to finish installing, and only close the window.
- In Tools>Boards, scroll down in the boards' list you can see the Electronic Cats boards with RP2040.
To do this is necessary to go to the menu and select “Sketch”, select “Include Library” from the list, and click on “Manage Libraries”.
A new window will open, in this part, you need to write “PN7150” the same way as how next image. After finding the library, it is necessary to press the button “Install”. Install the latest version.
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