Questions tagged [arduino-ide]
This is for questions about the official IDE. The open-source IDE makes it easy to write code and upload it to any Arduino board. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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C++ vs. The Arduino Language?
What are the advantages of each language when using the Arduino?
I'm thinking this is a good general question, but I'll add a bit about why I'm asking if anyone wants to give me a tip.
I'm ...
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What are the other IDEs for Arduino?
The basic Arduino IDE lacks a lot of the sophistication present in other IDEs such as code completion, code collapsing, folder organisation, etc. Are there other IDEs that allow programming in C or C++...
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Why does starting the serial monitor restart the sketch?
If I upload any sketch that sends serial data, I immediately see the TX/RX LEDs flash once the sketch is uploaded. If I then start the serial monitor, the sketch appears to restart.
A bare minimum ...
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How to read and write EEPROM in ESP8266
I need to know how I can write integer values in EEPROM and retain the value on power on.
char *Red = strstr(myTestUrl, "/R");
if (Red) {
int RedValue = atoi(Red + 2);
analogWrite(12, RedValue);
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Why can't I declare a class in another tab in Arduino IDE?
I wanted to move some of my code out into a second tab in the Arduino IDE, to keep things better organised. At first, I only tried moving a function, and it seemed to work fine. I could call the ...
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CLion + Arduino
Please, help me to set up Clion + Arduino.
Clion has an Arduino plugin which I've installed. Here is some instruction on Github but I'm fully noob about cmake and other things which are talking ...
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Arduino program only works when run as root
Uploading simple sketches seems to work when I run the Arduino program as root (sudo). I would like to run it as a regular user. Has anyone faced the same problem before and fixed it?
Here is what I ...
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deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
What does this error means?
I can't solve it in any way.
warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*' [-Wwrite-strings]
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Split up Arduino code into multiple files using Arduino IDE
I am working on a very long code that requires multiple functions defined. I want to split the code into two files as main code ("Feeder_Control" in the screenshot) and functions ("connections" in the ...
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Program an ATMega328P and use it without Arduino board
I'd like to use an ATMega328P for my project, I hope to do it without the Arduino board.
I know with the Arduino IDE and an Arduino board I can program the microcontroller. However, would it be ...
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Why does an `.ino` file have to be in a folder of the same name?
I'm trying to organise a very complicated project and I want to put all the actual code in a folder named src (source), but I want to keep the main .ino file as main.ino (it will also be in src). Then ...
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Arduino IDE #ifdef
I use my Arduino IDE to either upload my sketch to a Arduino or ATTiny or ATmega328. As you know each device can have a different pinout. Does the Arduino compiler support ifdef, depending on the ...
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ESP8266, Arduino IDE vs Lua?
I'm planning to buy an ESP8266. Do I really need to learn Lua to play with it? I have seen some people using it with the standard Arduino IDE.
Do you need a custom firmware to use the Arduino IDE ...
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Difference between /dev/ttyACM0 and /dev/ttyS0 (Arduino IDE ports under Linux)
I use the Arduino IDE to upload sketches to my Arduino Uno. My OS is Linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The Arduino IDE has two ports by default for communication with the Arduino Uno:
/dev/ttyACM0
/dev/ttyS0
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Hiding WLAN password when pushing to GitHub
I have started to use GitHub to store Arduino code. However some of my code uses the SSID and password for my WLAN which I don’t want published.
A common way of handling this in non-embedded ...
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