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Joseph Foley, 2016-10-20 12:12
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4 | 14 | Joseph Foley | [[Marketing]] |
5 | 15 | Joseph Foley | [[Software]] |
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8 | 10 | Joseph Foley | h1. Lab Cleanup Tasks |
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11 | 10 | Joseph Foley | [[Development]] |
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13 | 13 | Joseph Foley | h1. Altium |
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15 | Altiumlive login: altium@list.ru.is, passwd: T411mech |
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17 | 17 | Joseph Foley | h2. Getting boards made |
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19 | * Olimex: Bulgarian, cheapest usually http://olimex.com |
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20 | * PCBTrain: UK http://www.pcbtrain.co.uk/ |
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21 | * OSHPark: Community fab, used to be PCBpool https://oshpark.com/ |
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22 | * 4PCB: USA http://www.4pcb.com/33-each-pcbs/index.html |
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23 | * PCB4Less: http://www.pcb4less.com/ |
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25 | 5 | Joseph Foley | h1. Arduino and Eclipse |
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27 | 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. |
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29 | h2. Reference |
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31 | * http://eclipse.baeyens.it/ |
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32 | * http://rlogiacco.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/stepping-up-in-arduino-development/ |
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34 | h2. Procedure: |
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36 | # Download and install 7zip if you don't already have it. You will need it to decompress the .tar.gz file. |
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37 | ## http://www.7-zip.org/ |
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38 | # Install a recent Java JRE |
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39 | ## http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp |
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40 | 1 | Joseph Foley | # Download and install Arduino 1.5.6 beta or later |
41 | ## http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software#toc2 |
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42 | ## *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 |
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43 | # Download and install the "Product" v2.3 of arduinoEclipse |
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44 | ## http://eclipse.baeyens.it/download.php |
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45 | # Decompress the .tar.gz into a .tar file by right-clicking and using 7Zip |
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46 | # Decompress the .tar file by right-clicking and using 7Zip |
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47 | # Go into the eclipseArduino folder inside. Run eclipseArduinoIDE.exe |
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48 | # You will be presented with some terse instructions. I am still determining what they mean. |
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49 | 7 | Joseph Foley | # click on menu: Window > Preferences |
50 | 6 | Joseph Foley | ## click on Arduino |
51 | ## Make sure that the Arduino IDE path is correct. Something like c:/Programs/Arduino |
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52 | ## expand C++ by clicking on the triangle next to it |
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53 | ## Click on File Types |
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54 | ## Add Pattern: *.ino Type: c++ Source File |
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56 | h1. Useful links |
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58 | * http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ |