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[http://platformio.org/ PlatformIO] is an open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for programming microcontrollers (like arduino) and embedded systems. For our purposes, we mainly use it to write software for the [https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html Teensy 3.2 Microcontoller]. In the past, we previously had used the easy to set up [https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Environment Arduino IDE], however it has many drawbacks and lacks many of the features of a full IDE. | [http://platformio.org/ PlatformIO] is an open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for programming microcontrollers (like arduino) and embedded systems. For our purposes, we mainly use it to write software for the [https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html Teensy 3.2 Microcontoller]. In the past, we previously had used the easy to set up [https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Environment Arduino IDE], however it has many drawbacks and lacks many of the features of a full IDE. | ||
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To install the PlatformIO IDE, follow the installation steps on [http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/ide/atom.html#installation the PlatformIO website] | To install the PlatformIO IDE, follow the installation steps on [http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/ide/atom.html#installation the PlatformIO website] | ||
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There are a fair number of steps to follow if you do not have any of the software that PlatformIO incorporates, but it should be fairly straightforward. | There are a fair number of steps to follow if you do not have any of the software that PlatformIO incorporates, but it should be fairly straightforward. | ||
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''there will be more added here later'' | ''there will be more added here later'' | ||
==Usage Guide== | ==Usage Guide== | ||
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| + | To get started in PlatformIO, follow the [http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/ide/atom.html#quick-start PlatformIO Quickstart tutorial] | ||
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| + | If you used the Ardiuno IDE, you will be used to having an folder on your computers where you install libraries. If you downloaded a project from the internet that needed a bunch of new libraries, you would have to install all of them manually. Thankfully, with PlatformIO, you no longer have to worry about this. Dependencies for libraries are added to the <code>platformio.ini</code> file with a github link, so that they are automatically downloaded if you do not already have them on your computer. | ||
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| + | For information on exactly how to set it up, follow [http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/librarymanager/index.html?highlight=libraries this guide] | ||
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Background
PlatformIO is an open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for programming microcontrollers (like arduino) and embedded systems. For our purposes, we mainly use it to write software for the Teensy 3.2 Microcontoller. In the past, we previously had used the easy to set up Arduino IDE, however it has many drawbacks and lacks many of the features of a full IDE.
Installation
To install the PlatformIO IDE, follow the installation steps on the PlatformIO website
There are a fair number of steps to follow if you do not have any of the software that PlatformIO incorporates, but it should be fairly straightforward.
OS X Users: due to a a problem with the program that loads your compiled code to the teensy on OS X, you will need to used a custom executable file in place of the original. there will be more added here later
Usage Guide
To get started in PlatformIO, follow the PlatformIO Quickstart tutorial
Library Dependencies
If you used the Ardiuno IDE, you will be used to having an folder on your computers where you install libraries. If you downloaded a project from the internet that needed a bunch of new libraries, you would have to install all of them manually. Thankfully, with PlatformIO, you no longer have to worry about this. Dependencies for libraries are added to the platformio.ini file with a github link, so that they are automatically downloaded if you do not already have them on your computer.
For information on exactly how to set it up, follow this guide