Arduino

h1. Setting up Arduino with Eclipse IDE

h1. Setting up Eclipse for Arduino

h2. Installing Eclipse and AVR-GCC

# Install a Java JRE (or SDK if you need it for other things)

## http://java.com

# Follow the directions on the "Eclipse":http://www.eclipse.org website to install Eclipse for C/C++

## http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/c.php

## If you already have a different flavor installed, you need to install the CDT configuration

## http://eclipse.org/cdt/

# Winstall WinAVR http://winavr.sourceforge.net/

h2. Eclipse plugins 

Start eclipse before continuing.

h3. Subversive (for SVN)

# MenuBar "Help" > Install New Software...

# Look at "Work with:" dropdown

# Pick Helios or Indigo

# The listing underneath should show a category "Collaboration".  Expand it.

# Check the box next to "Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)".  If there are multiple, pick the latest version.

# Click Finish

# Answer all of the following menus which are mostly licensing.

# Restart eclipse

h3. Setting up SVN in eclipse

# Click on the View icon in the bottom left corner.  (It should look like a tiny window with a +)

# Click on "Other..."

# In the "Show View" window, expand SVN

## Now Choose SVN Repositories

# More dialogs will ask what kind of SVN Connector to install.  Choose the pure java version SVNKit with the latest version number.  !!!DO NOT CHOOSE JAVAHL!!!!

# Restart eclipse

# Click on "Other..."

# In the "Show View" window, expand SVN

## Now Choose SVN Repositories.  A Tab should appear "SVN Repositories"

# In the SVN Repositories tab

## Click on the yellow cylinder with a green +.  DO NOT CLICK ON THE ONE THAT SAYS SVN!

## The window "New Repository Location" should appear

## Type in the project URL in the URL: field.  This is https://projects.cs.ru.is/svn/arduino

## Under Authentication, fill in the User: and Password:

## click on Finish

# A yellow cylinder with "https://projects.cs.ru.is/svn/arduino" should appear

# Expand it and see if the files in our project appear

h3. eclipse-avr

# MenuBar "Help" > Install New Software...

# Click on "Add"

## Name: AVR Eclipse plugin

## Location: http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/updatesite

## Click "OK"

# Make sure that it is selected under "Work with:"

# "CDT Optional features" should show up in the listing.  Expand it.

# Check "AVR Eclipse Plugin"

# Click Finish

# Answer all of the following menus which are mostly licensing.

# Restart eclipse

h2. Installing the ArduinoTemplate 

# Grab the ArduinoTemplate.zip from https://projects.cs.ru.is/projects/arduino/files

# Unzip the ArduinoTemplate.zip somewhere

# Import the files as a new AVR C++ project

# Rename the project in the project explorer

# Check in the rename

Note, even with this template you will need to setup the AVRDUDE

programmer at least once

# Right click on the project and select "Properties"

# Expand the AVR section on the left

# Click on "Target Hardware"

## For the Arduino UNO, MCU type is ATmega328P

## For the Arduino Mega 256, MCU type is ATmega2561

## Both: The MCU Clock frequency is 16 000 000

# Click on "AVRDude" on the left

# Make sure "Programmer" tab is selected

# In the "Programmer configuration" are

# Click on New...  

## Configuration name: "Arduino UNO"

## Description: "Arduino UNO on port PORT"  Put your

	 portname instead of PORT.  This is something like COM3 on

	 windows and /dev/ttyUSB0 on linux

## Programmer Hardware (-c): choose Arduino

## Override default port: choose the port that the Arduino is

	 attached to

## Click on "OK"

# You may have to do this for multiple ports if the

Arduino keeps changing which one it uses

#  Click on "Apply"