Arduino Ide Setup
The first thing you will need to do is to download the latest release of the Arduino IDE. We recommend to use version 2.0 or higher :
After you have downloaded and installed the latest version of Arduino IDE, you will need to start the IDE and navigate to the Preferences menu. You can access it from the File menu in Windows or Linux, or the Arduino menu on OS X.
In the Preferences window, look for the setting labelled Additional Boards Manager URLs. Here, you can add the necessary URLs to access additional boards and libraries. Click on the button at the right of the text field :
This will open a window with a list of URLs (it should be empty if you have a fresh install of the IDE) :
We will be adding a URL to this list, and you will only have to add each URL once. New ElectroSeed boards and updates to existing boards will automatically be picked up by the Board Manager each time it is opened. The URLs point to index files that the Board Manager uses to build the list of available & installed boards.
Copy and paste the link below into the Additional Boards Manager URLs option in the Arduino IDE preferences :
https://gitlab.com/ElectroSeed/arduino-board-index/-/raw/main/package_electroseed_index.json
This will add support for ElectroSeed boards in the board manager :
ElectroSeed SAMD Boards - Includes support for Tiny SamD21 M2, SamD21 WB, MicroMod SamD21 and MicroMod SamD21J
Once done click OK twice to save the new preference settings. Now we will look at installing boards with the Board Manager.
Click on the board icon on the left side of the IDE and type "electroseed" in the "Filter your search..." field :
Then click INSTALL, this will install all ElectroSeed SAMD boards.
If you are using an older version of the IDE, you may also open the Boards Manager by navigating to the Tools->Board menu :
Next you can install the ElectroSeed SAMD package to add the board file definitions
Make sure you have Type All selected to the left of the //Filter your search...// box
You can type electroseed in the top search bar, then when you see the entry, click Install.
Quit and reopen the Arduino IDE to ensure that all of the boards are properly installed. You should now be able to select and upload to the new boards listed in the Tools->Board menu.
Select the matching board, the current options are:
- Tiny SamD21 M2
- SamD21 WB
- MicroMod SamD21
- MicroMod SamD21J
Windows 7 and 8.1
Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 have reached end-of-life and are no longer supported. They require driver installation. A limited set of drivers is available from Adafruit for older boards, but drivers for most newer boards are not available.