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Lab Cleanup Tasks¶

Lab Cleanup
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Altium¶

Altiumlive login: altium@list.ru.is, passwd: T411mech

Getting boards made¶

• Olimex: Bulgarian, cheapest usually http://olimex.com
• PCBTrain: UK http://www.pcbtrain.co.uk/
• OSHPark: Community fab, used to be PCBpool https://oshpark.com/
• 4PCB: USA http://www.4pcb.com/33-each-pcbs/index.html
• PCB4Less: http://www.pcb4less.com/

Arduino and Eclipse¶

The previous procedure was to install Eclipse then the AVR plugin. There is not a better system that contains all of the modules in one place called arduinoEclipse.

Reference¶

• http://eclipse.baeyens.it/
• http://rlogiacco.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/stepping-up-in-arduino-development/

Procedure:¶

1. Download and install 7zip if you don't already have it. You will need it to decompress the .tar.gz file.
   1. http://www.7-zip.org/
2. Install a recent Java JRE
   1. http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
3. Download and install Arduino 1.5.6 beta or later
   1. http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software#toc2
   2. Important: Make sure that you install it in a path that does not have spaces or non-alphanumeric characters. The default c:\Program Files(x86)\ will not work. Instead, install it somewhere like c:\Programs\Arduino
4. Download and install the "Product" v2.3 of arduinoEclipse
   1. http://eclipse.baeyens.it/download.php
5. Decompress the .tar.gz into a .tar file by right-clicking and using 7Zip
6. Decompress the .tar file by right-clicking and using 7Zip
7. Go into the eclipseArduino folder inside. Run eclipseArduinoIDE.exe
8. You will be presented with some terse instructions. I am still determining what they mean.
9. click on menu: Window > Preferences
   1. click on Arduino
   2. Make sure that the Arduino IDE path is correct. Something like c:/Programs/Arduino
   3. expand C++ by clicking on the triangle next to it
   4. Click on File Types
   5. Add Pattern: *.ino Type: c++ Source File

Useful links¶

• http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/