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CodeBlocksArduino(version:1.0b2)
20122013ScottDaniels(http://provideyourown.com)underGNUGeneralPublicLicense
Portionsare:2012StanleyHuang([email protected])underGNUGeneralPublicLicense
CodeBlocksArduinocontainsaddedfunctionalityforCode::BlockstoallowArduinosoftwaredevelopment.Code::Blocksisa
moreadvancedIDEthantheArduinoIDE,yetisstillfairlystraightforward.WhenanArduinoprojectstartsincorporating
customlibraries,itoftenbecomestoocumbersomefortheArduinoIDE.Thispackageaddsacustomprojectwizardfor
creatingArduinoprojects.ThedistributionalsointegratesthelatestArduinocorefilesandlibraries,AVRtoolchains,avrdude
foruploading,andaserialterminal.

Features
DedicatedprojectwizardforArduinodevelopment
IntegratedArduinocorefilesandlibraries
IntegratedpreconfiguredAVRcompilertoolchain
IntegratedAVRDUDEforuploading(FlashandEEPROM)viaUSBorprogrammer
Integratedserialterminal
VariousArduinoboardssupportedasbuildtargets

Installation
CertainfilesmustbeplacedintheCode::Blocks'datafolder.ThefollowinginstructionsapplytoLinuxcomputers.Forother
operatingsystemsinstallations,contributionsonhowtodoitarewelcomehttp://provideyourown.com/contact.
ThedatafolderforCodeBlocksislocatedin:

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/home/USER/.codeblocks

Inthisfolderplace:
1.AsymlinktoyourArduinodirectory.Itmustbenamedarduino.ForexampleifyourArduinoinstallisat:
/home/USER/bin/arduino1.0.3

thenusethiscommand(fromwithin/home/USER/.codeblocks):
$lns/home/USER/bin/arduino1.0.3arduino

2.AsymlinktoyourSketchesdirectory.Itmustbenamedsketches.ForexampleifyourSketchesdirectoryisat:
/home/USER/mySketches

thenusethiscommand(fromwithin/home/USER/.codeblocks):
$lns/home/USER/mySketchessketches

3.Copythehelpersdirectorytothecodeblocksfolder(or'symlink'it)
4.Thereshouldbethefollowingfolderpath:
/share/codeblocks/templates/wizard

Ifthereisnot,thencreateit.Thecopythefolder/wizards/arduinotothewizardfolder.
5.Copythedefault.conffile
Whenyouaredone,yourdatafoldershouldlooklikethefollowing:
arduino>/home/USER/bin/arduino1.0.3
sketches>/home/USER/mySketches
default.conf
helpers
share

The/share/codeblocks/templates/wizardfoldershouldlooklike:
arduino

InstructionsforCode::Blocksnewerthanversion10
Whenyoutrytocreateanewproject,newerversionsofCode::Blockswillnotshowthearduinowizardbydefault.Thewizard
mustfirstberegistered.Todoso,selectNew/Projectfromthemenu.Thenrightclickonanyofthewizards.SelectEdit
GlobalRegistrationScript.UnderthefunctionRegisterWizards(),placethisline:
RegisterWizard(wizProject,_T("arduino"),_T("ArduinoProject"),_T("EmbeddedSystems"));

andsavethefile.Itwillbeplacedinyouruserwizardfolder.
Forfurtherdetails,seehttp://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Wizard_scripts

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Using
CreatinganArduinoProjectusingtheWizard
1.LaunchCode::Blocks.SelectNew/Projectmenuitem.YoushouldseeArduinoProjectinred.Ifyoudonot,then
somethinginyourinstallationiswrong.
2.SelectArduinoProject.Aftertheintropage,thenextpagewillbewhereyouconfigureyourproject.Mostofthedefaults
arefinetouse.IfyouareusingaprogrammerinsteadoftheArduinobootloadertoprogramyourdevice,selectthe
programmeryouwillbeusing.Also,nowisthetimetochoosetheserialporttouseforuploadingyourcode.
TIPforserialportselection:
ForUsbaspprogrammers,choosettyUSB0.
ForUno&Leonardo,choosettyACM0inmostcases.
Forallothers,ttyUSB0isasafebet.
Note:Youcanchange/selecttheboardfromtheBuildtargetmenuafterfinishingthewizard.Theprogrammerandserial
portremainthesameforeachboard.Theycanbechangedforindividualboardsaftercompletingthewizardseethe
Modifyingsectionfordetails.
3.Onthenextpage,creatinganewprojectisprettyselfexplanatory.IfyouareusinganexistingArduinoproject,dothe
following:
a.SelectthefoldertocreateprojectinthiswillbeyourexistingArduinoprojectfolder
b.Giveittheprojecttitleusuallythiswillbethesameasthefoldername
c.EdittheResultingFilenameboxandremovetheextrafolderbeingcreated

ToolsMenu
SeveraltoolsareprovidedintheToolsmenu.Theyare:
SerialTerminal
UploadCode
UploadEEPROM
ArduinoMake
ArduinoMake(Clean)
ArduinoMake(Upload)

SerialTerminalTool
ThistoolopensaserialcommwindowjustliketheArduinoIDE.Itdoesnotcloseautomaticallybeforeanupload,soifusing
thesameserialportforuploading,youwillneedtoclosethiswindowfirst.

UploadTools
Ifaftercompiling,youneedtouploadyourcodeagain,usetheUploadCodetool.EEPROMdataisnotuploadedbydefault,
sotheUploadEEPROMtoolisprovidedforthat.

ArduinoMake
ThesetoolsinvokethemakefunctionusingcommandlineArduinoMaketool(https://github.com/sudar/ArduinoMakefile).You
mustinstallthisscriptandcreateyourconfigfilewithinyourprojectfolderbeforeusing.Youcanaddyourownadditional
makecommandsfromtheConfiguretools...menuitemintheToolsmenu.

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ThistoollaunchestheGitGapplicationforyourproject.

Modifying
Sometimesyouneedtomodifyaprojectaftercreatingit.Formostsettings,gotoProject/BuildOptions....Youwillfind
differentsetsofoptionsforboththeprojectandindividualtargetdevices.Thetwosetsaremergedatcompiletime(youcan
changethisifdesired),soyouwillneedtocheckbothwhenlookingforconfigurationstochange.Somecommononesyou
mightwanttochangeare:
CompilerSettings/#defines(projectsetting)arduinoversion&whatcorelibrariestoinclude
CustomVariables(devicesetting)
programmerprotocol
uploadport
YoucanselectwhichboardtocompileanduploadyourprogramtobychoosingfromtheBuildtargetmenuinthetoolbar.
Thiswillchangetheappropriateuploadsettings,withtheexceptionoftheprogrammerusedandtheuploadport.

Programmer
ForArduinoboardswithbootloaders,thecorrectprogrammerisalreadychosen.Forotherboardsusingaprogrammer,the
onechoseninthewizardwillbetheoneused.Ifitneedstobechanged,thengototheProject/Buildoptions...andselectthe
correctbuildtargetandgototheCustomVariablestab.EditthecorrectPROTOCOLthere.

UploadPort
Thecorrectportvariesacrosstheboards.DifferentISPprogrammersmayhavetheirownport.TheUnoandLeonardousea
differentportthantheirpredecessors.Ifyouhaveotherdevicessharingthesameportlabelingsystempluggedin,thenthe
portnumberwillchange.
Inmostcases,thesevalueswillwork:
Uno/Leonardo:ttyACM0(becauseLeonardoconnects&disconnectsallthetime,expectittochangefromtimetotime,
usuallytottyACM1orttyACM2.
Usbaspprogrammers:ttyUSB0
Allothers:ttyUSB0isasafebet.
Tochangetheportforaboard,thengototheProject/Buildoptions...andselectthecorrectbuildtargetandgototheCustom
Variablestab.EditthecorrectUPLOAD_PORTsettingthere.

KnownIssues
1.ThemethodoflinkingusedisnotasefficientastheArduinoIDE.Nosolutionisknownatpresent.Inmostprojectsit
won'tmatter,butifaprojectisreachingthemaximumflashmemorypoint,itmaybeaproblem.
2.Leonardouploadingisstillproblematic(andnotrecommendedatthistime),andautomaticresetdoesnotwork.
SometimesuploadingwillputtheLeonardoinanunresponsivestate.Theonlywaytoreviveitistouploadasketchfrom
theArduinoIDEwhilepressingtheresetbutton(sometimesithastobedonemorethanonce).
3.EverythinghasbeenwrittenandtestedonLinuxsystems.UseonWindowssystemsmayrequiresometweaking
UploadportselectionandToolmenusettings.

FuturePlans
1.Fixknownissues
2.Domorewithcommandlinemaketool?

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3.Makesketch.cppfilemorecompatiblewiththeArduinoIDEsketch.inofile(eliminatetheneedforboth)whenusingeither
IDE.

Changelog
8/18/13directoryincludesimprovements:
Improvedvariousdirectoryincludes:
ThehardwaredirectoryforATTinysupportisnowlocatedinthesketchesdirectoryasperstandardArduinoIDE
location.YoucangetsupportformostATTinychipsherehttps://github.com/provideyourown/attiny.git
Thelibrariesdirectoryforyoursketchesisnowincludedbydefault.Librariescannowbeincludedbynameonly
withoutspecifyingarelativepathjustliketheArduinoIDE.

1/17/13bugfixesToolsmenuchanges:
ToolsMenu:
Generalizeduploadcmdstoworkwithanytargetboard
Addedsupportforcommandlinemaketool(https://github.com/sudar/ArduinoMakefile)
AddedDoptiontoavrdudeforArduinoboards(mustnotbeusedforATtinys)
Removeddefaultportselection(can'tgetittowork)
AddedmoreinstructiontoREADMEfile

1/16/13changestoStanleyHuang'soriginalcode:
AddedsizecalculationtopostprocessingstepstocalculatebothflashmemoryandSRAM.
FixedavrdudeconfigurationtoworkwithATtiny
AddedsupportforLeonardo
AddedsupportforalternativeconfigurationssuchasATtinyboards
AddedsupportforISPprogrammersforuploads
AddedsupportforCode::Blocksversion12
AddedtooltipstoWizardoptions

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