How to set arduino development under linux platform.
0. Basic platform information
a. Linux platform: Linux Linux 3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
b. VIM version: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3
1. Install packets
a. sudo apt-get install arduino # arduino develop tools and libs.
b. sudo apt-get install arduino-mk # arduino build makefile.
2. Download and install vim plugin(arduino.vim) for arduino
a. http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=10674 # Download arduino.vim
b. make a directory .vim/syntax/ in your home directory, then copy arduino.vim to ~/.vim/syntax/
c. cp filetype.vim ~/.vim/filetype.vim, so vim can detect arduino source code(*.pde).
3. Prepare a script and fix a bug.
a. Open /usr/share/arduino/ard-parse-boards, and change the boards_txt => '/usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/boards.txt' (line: 12)
b. sudo cp /usr/share/arduino/ard-parse-boards /usr/bin/
4. Prepare makefile and fix a bug.
a. Open /usr/share/arduino/Arduino.mk, and change $(ECHO) '#include "WProgram.h"' > $@ to $(ECHO) '#include "Arduino.h"' > $@
5. Test our development environment
a. tar xjf led.tar.bz2.
b. Create a Makefile for our led project.
aa. touch Makefile
bb. Add these line in the head of the Makefile
ARDUINO_DIR = /usr/share/arduino # Will create this directory automatically when install arduino
BOARD_TAG = <your Arduino board> # Set it to uno for our board.
ARDUINO_PORT = /dev/<your Arduino port> # is /dev/ttyACM0 in my computer.
ARDUINO_LIBS = # nothing
include /usr/share/arduino/Arduino.mk # Guess what
Tisp: how to lookup ARDUINO_PORT
Get ready for our board, and Plug in USB, then exec dmesg
$ dmesg | tail -n 20
we will find some kernel message such as '[ 4259.625137] cdc_acm 2-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device',
so we known ARDUINO_PORT is /dev/ttyACM0
c. make
d. sudo make upload # flash led binary code.
e. Done.